RT Book, Section
A1 Gayan-Ramirez, Ghislaine
A1 Decramer, Marc
A2 Grippi, Michael A.
A2 Elias, Jack A.
A2 Fishman, Jay A.
A2 Kotloff, Robert M.
A2 Pack, Allan I.
A2 Senior, Robert M.
A2 Siegel, Mark D.
SR Print(0)
ID 1122354346
T1 The Respiratory Muscles
T2 Fishman's Pulmonary Diseases and Disorders, 5e
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-179672-9
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1122354346
RD 2022/05/18
AB The  respiratory  muscles  constitute  a  complex  pump  system.  Several  muscles  comprise  this  system,  represented  schematically  in  Figure  3-1.  Breathing  under  all  circumstances  requires  a  coordinated  contraction  of  different  respiratory  muscles.  The  most  important  inspiratory  muscle  is  the  diaphragm.  The  conditions  under  which  this  respiratory  muscle  system  weakens  and  eventually  will  fail  are  addressed  in  other  chapters  (see  Chapters  83,  85,  and  104).  This  chapter  focuses  on  structural  and  functional  properties  of  the  respiratory  muscles,  respiratory  muscle  action,  and  respiratory  muscle  interaction.