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Diaphragm meaning
In mammals, a sheet of muscle separating the thorax from the abdomen, contracted and relaxed in respiration to draw air into and expel air from the lungs. | Any of various membranes or sheets of muscle or ligament which separate one cavity from another. | A contraceptive device consisting of a flexible cup, used to cover the cervix during intercourse.
Synonyms of Diaphragm
Example sentences (20)
A flexible diaphragm forms one side of the fuel chamber and is arranged so that as fuel is drawn out into the engine, the diaphragm is forced inward by ambient air pressure.
Diaphragm Diaphragm couplings transmit torque from the outside diameter of a flexible plate to the inside diameter, across the spool or spacer piece, and then from inside to outside diameter.
If the air on one side of the diaphragm is at the static pressure, and the other at the stagnation pressure, then the deflection of the diaphragm is proportional to the dynamic pressure.
Since the whizzer cone is smaller than the main diaphragm, output dispersion at high frequencies is improved relative to an equivalent single larger diaphragm.
The meaning of these terms are described below: Sustentacular part supports the pelvic organs and comprises the larger pelvic diaphragm in the back and the smaller urogenital diaphragm in the front.
The metal is either attached to the diaphragm, or is the diaphragm itself.
The vertical plane is extended by the help of the diaphragm contracting and the abdominal muscles relaxing to accommodate the downward pressure that is supplied to the abdominal viscera by the diaphragm contracting.
While not actually capable of movement, it does allow for greater lung inflation, by taking the weight of the viscera off the lungs. citation Crocodilians actually have a muscular diaphragm that is analogous to the mammalian diaphragm.
I had my ovaries, fallopian tubes, gallbladder, a lot of my liver, and my omentum removed, my diaphragm was cleaned - anything the mucin was on really.
NICU doctors and nurses surrounded them and quickly took him to his first open heart surgery at just four days old, which was successful but caused him complications in his diaphragm.
While filming she hyperventilated so intensely during a crucifixion scene that she tore her diaphragm and dislocated a rib.
Just like us, getting a little too excited can irritate the diaphragm.
The FT1’s diaphragm mainly consists of paper wood fibers made from 90-year-old spruce wood sourced from Northern Europe.
And it has a stability function, “where it contracts in conjunction or in co-ordination with our diaphragm, our abs and our back muscles,” she said.
Brehmer suggested Mrs Parry died as a result of 'positional asphyxia' due to her diaphragm being on the driver's seat and her head being out of the car.
Excess weight may make it more difficult for the diaphragm and lungs to expand and inhale oxygen.
On July 4, 2019, Mea underwent an operation for a diaphragm pacemaker to help her breathe more independently off of the ventilator, she added.
Research the basic movements of Tai Chi (back straight, head up, breathing from the diaphragm).
The company makes all its drivers in its Southern California facility, using a vacuum-deposition process to coat the diaphragm film with conductive metal that is then etched to form the “voice coil” on the surface.
The process through which its victims die can be excruciating while paralyses yet fully conscious as the heart stops and suffocation begins through paralysis of the diaphragm, preventing the victim from breathing.