MM Of Respiration Flashcards
1
Q
What are the 4 muscles of respiration?
A
1.) diaphragm
2.) External intercostals
3.) internal intercostals
4.) innermost intercostals
2
Q
What is the only muscle not innervated by intercostals nerves?
What is this muscle innervated by?
A
The diaphragm.
Phrenic nerve
3
Q
What muscle origionates and inserts to adjacent ribs?
A
Innermost intercostals
4
Q
What muscle inserts on the central tendon?
A
Diaphragm
5
Q
What muscle inserts onto the superior border of rib below?
A
External intercostals
6
Q
What muscle inserts onto the inferior border of the rib above?
A
Internal intercostals
