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... diaphragm . This organ is a broad , dome - shaped muscle , attached at the front , sides , and back to the sternum , lower ribs , and spinal - column respectively . Resting on top of the diaphragm are the lungs ; below is the upper ...
... diaphragm . This organ is a broad , dome - shaped muscle , attached at the front , sides , and back to the sternum , lower ribs , and spinal - column respectively . Resting on top of the diaphragm are the lungs ; below is the upper ...
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... diaphragm , occur to some extent in ordinary inhalation . The process is noticeable at any time but may be most clearly ob- served in the case of a person lying on his back and breathing normally . The chest rises and the waist ex ...
... diaphragm , occur to some extent in ordinary inhalation . The process is noticeable at any time but may be most clearly ob- served in the case of a person lying on his back and breathing normally . The chest rises and the waist ex ...
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... diaphragm , chest and abdominal muscles to control the outlet of the larger supply of air ; but by over - inhalation one can readily put upon the lung capacity and muscular con- trol a strain which is very uncomfortable , and which ...
... diaphragm , chest and abdominal muscles to control the outlet of the larger supply of air ; but by over - inhalation one can readily put upon the lung capacity and muscular con- trol a strain which is very uncomfortable , and which ...
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... diaphragm has been forced down and the chest distended for increased breath sup- ply . The natural tendency ... diaphragm and chest to prevent their expelling the breath too suddenly at the end of inhalation . The action of the diaphragm ...
... diaphragm has been forced down and the chest distended for increased breath sup- ply . The natural tendency ... diaphragm and chest to prevent their expelling the breath too suddenly at the end of inhalation . The action of the diaphragm ...
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... diaphragm and raising the lower ribs , which action gives the sensation of pushing outward around the waistline . Still holding the chest erect , exhale for a similar period by slowly relaxing the diaphragm and lower ribs . Repeat the ...
... diaphragm and raising the lower ribs , which action gives the sensation of pushing outward around the waistline . Still holding the chest erect , exhale for a similar period by slowly relaxing the diaphragm and lower ribs . Repeat the ...
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articulation breath current Cæsar called cavities CHAPTER chest Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Children's Crusade clear common consonant cried dead diaphragm DICKENS digraph diphthong drawbridge energetic error EXERCISES expression eyes father fault feel force glottis Godfrey Cass habit hand hard palate hear heart honorable inflection inhalation letter Lilian lips living look Lord lower lung Lycidas mind mouth muscles nasal passages night normal quality organs orotund pause pharynx pitch Pompey position principles produce pronunciation raised range Repeat resonance resonance cavities rising Scrooge SELECTIONS FOR PRACTICAL sentence SHAKESPEARE Silas Marner silent soft palate sometimes sonants soul sound is represented speaker speaking speech stress student syllable teeth are placed tell TENNYSON thee There's thou thought throat tion tone tongue utterance vocal vocal bands vocalized breath voice voice-box vowel vowel sounds Warren Hastings whisper wind words
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