Medically reviewed by Kashif J. Piracha, MD The diaphragm is a dome-shaped muscle that separates the chest from the abdomen. This muscle, also called the thoracic diaphragm, is the main muscle used ...

Your diaphragm is a little-discussed muscle that’s responsible for what passes through your digestive tract. While slowing down your breath can slow down your mind, but did you also know it can ...

a consultant paediatrician at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH), describes it as an action caused by sudden, spontaneous contractions of the diaphragm muscle that are most ...