TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Overview of Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathophysiology of the Diaphragm
A1  - Shrager, Joseph B.
A2  - Sugarbaker, David J.
A2  - Bueno, Raphael
A2  - Burt, Bryan M.
A2  - Groth, Shawn S.
A2  - Loor, Gabriel
A2  - Wolf, Andrea S.
A2  - Williams, Marcia
A2  - Adams, Ann
PY  - 2020
T2  - Sugarbaker’s Adult Chest Surgery, 3e
AB  - The  diaphragm  is  generally  referred  to  as  the  main  “respiratory  muscle”—which  is  to  some  extent  a  misnomer.  A  better  description  would  be  that  the  diaphragm  is  the  primary  muscle  of  ventilation.  Its  critical  physiologic  role  is  to  serve  as  the  main  muscle  that  moves  air  into  the  lungs,  where  this  air,  of  course,  oxygenates  the  blood.  Since  delivery  of  oxygenated  blood  to  all  parts  of  the  body  is  critical  to  life,  and  since  intact  cardiac  and  respiratory  systems  are  the  essential  elements  to  assure  that  this  oxygenated  blood  is  manufactured  and  delivered,  failure  of  any  of  the  components  that  makes  up  either  one  of  these  systems  results  in  death  or  severe  disability.  One  could  thus  make  a  very  strong  argument  that  along  with  the  heart  and  lungs,  the  diaphragm  is  one  of  the  three  most  important  organs  in  the  body.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/23
UR  - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1170415795
ER  -