Image: Ribcage during inhalation
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Description: A diagrammatic illustration of how, when the rib cage is pulled upwards by the accessory muscles of inhalation the the antero-posterior diameter of the thoracic cage increases.
Title: Ribcage during inhalation
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Author: Cruithne9
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