Difference between revisions of "LUNG FUNCTION-MUSCLES"

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SUMMARY

INSPIRATORY MUSCLES
1. Diaphragm: main respiratory muscle during quiet breathing (75% of volume change); contracts during inspiration and relaxes during expiration
2. External intercostals
3. Accessory muscles

EXPIRATORY MUSCLES
4. Internal intercostals
5. Abdominal muscles are primarily active during forceful expiration and coughing; they also help push the relaxed diaphragm toward the chest cavity

Reference(s)

Barrett, K.E., Barman, S.M., Brooks, H.L., X, J. and Ganong, W.F. (2019). Ganong’s review of medical physiology. 26th ed. New York: Mcgraw-Hill Education

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 ==Reference(s)==
-Barrett, K.E., Barman, S.M., Boitano, S., Brooks, H.L., Weitz, M., Brian Patrick Kearns, Ganong, W.F. and Mcgraw-Hill Education (Firm (2016). Ganong’s review of medical physiology. 25th ed. New York: Mcgraw Hill Education.
+Barrett, K.E., Barman, S.M., Brooks, H.L., X, J. and Ganong, W.F. (2019). Ganong’s review of medical physiology. 26th ed. New York: Mcgraw-Hill Education
-<br/>Hall, J.E. and Hall, M.E. (2020). Guyton And Hall Textbook Of Medical Physiology. 14th ed. S.L.: Elsevier - Health Science.
-<br/>West, J.B. and Luks, A.M. (2021). West’s Pulmonary Pathophysiology. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
 [[Category:Lung Function]]
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