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Type

Muscle

Japanese

横隔膜

Reading

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English

Diaphragm

Latin

Diaphragma

Main functions

Respiration / Abdominal pressure

Connections

Articles

• Diaphragm: position, origins, phrenic nerve and the three openings

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