diaphragm
膈膜,膈肌,膈线,膈应
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Definitions
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- : Anatomy. a muscular, membranous or ligamentous wall separating two cavities or limiting a cavity.the partition separating the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity in mammals.
- : Physical Chemistry. a porous plate separating two liquids, as in a galvanic cell.a semipermeable membrane.
- : a thin disk that vibrates when receiving or producing sound waves, as in a telephone, microphone, speaker, or the like.
- : Also called pessary. a thin, dome-shaped device, usually of rubber, for wearing over the uterine cervix during sexual intercourse to prevent conception.
- : a plate with a hole in the center or a ring that is placed on the axis of an optical instrument, as a camera, and that controls the amount of light entering the instrument.
- : a plate or web for stiffening metal-framed constructions.
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- : to furnish with a diaphragm.
- : to reduce the aperture of by means of a diaphragm.
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Inside the capsule is a diaphragm, a thin membrane that vibrates when it comes in contact with sound waves, initiating the conversion process.
Inside headphones are magnets and moveable diaphragms that are easy to misalign.
Causes can range from something as small as swallowing too much air while chewing gum to something as serious as a tumor — and longer cases can be connected to damage or irritation to the nerves near the diaphragm.
Visual timeline shows Bolsonaro flouted health recommendations before contracting coronavirus — and afterHiccups are involuntary contractions of your diaphragm — a dome-shaped muscle between your chest and abdomen.
Bowie suffered a ruptured thoracic diaphragm from a medical implant in 2016, and he has required a constant stream of oxygen to stay alive since.
The blade pierced his liver and diaphragm, missing his heart and aorta by a fraction of an inch.
After Mrs. Butterfield retreats upstairs, she goes to have sex with her husband, only to realize that Jade has her diaphragm.
Could prescription birth control—whether the pill, an IUD, or a diaphragm—soon be free of cost for most American women?
Lane put his hand into the abdominal incision and squeezed the heart through the diaphragm.
The diaphragm is peculiar in that it is somewhat circular in shape and is more or less tendinous or sinew-like in the middle.
Were the to contract moderately the ribs would be but little drawn in, even if no muscles acted as antagonists.