Assertion: diaphragm | /r/HasProperty | anatomy
Facets:
value: in mammals
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: As nouns the difference between aperture and diaphragm is that aperture is an opening; an open space; a gap, cleft, or chasm; a passage perforated; a hole; as, an aperture in a wall while diaphragm is (anatomy) in mammals, a sheet of muscle separating the thorax from the abdomen, contracted and relaxed in respiration to draw air into and expel air from the lungs; also called thoracic diaphragm.
text: As nouns the difference between diaphragm and pessary is that diaphragm is (anatomy) in mammals, a sheet of muscle separating the thorax from the abdomen, contracted and relaxed in respiration to draw air into and expel air from the lungs; also called thoracic diaphragm while pessary is a medical device similar to the outer ring of a contraceptive diaphragm, most commonly used to support a displaced uterus; also called therapeutic pessary.
text: As nouns the difference between diaphragm and diagram is that diaphragm is (anatomy) in mammals, a sheet of muscle separating the thorax from the abdomen, contracted and relaxed in respiration to draw air into and expel air from the lungs; also called thoracic diaphragm while diagram is a plan, drawing, sketch or outline to show how something works, or show the relationships between the parts of a whole.