横膈膜：哺乳动物和人类的一个隐藏但必不可少的器官。

The diaphragm: a hidden but essential organ for the mammal and the human.

机构信息

Division of Engineering Technology, JSOL Corporation, Tokyo, Japan.

出版信息

Adv Exp Med Biol. 2010;669:167-71. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4419-5692-7_33.

PMID:20217342

Abstract

The diaphragm is the only organ which only and all mammals have and without which no mammals can live. The human is the only mammal which keeps the diaphragm parallel to the ground even during locomotion. Abdominal breathing mode maximizes the diaphragmatic motion using abdominal muscles, and control precisely exhaled air velocity. Controlled exhaled airflow generates sophisticated vocalization, singing, and finally the language. We propose novel nomenclatures for the mammal and the human. The former be the diaphragmal, and the latter be the horizontal diaphragmal, alias Homo cantale.

摘要

横隔膜是唯一一种所有哺乳动物都拥有的器官，没有它，任何哺乳动物都无法生存。人类是唯一一种在运动过程中保持横隔膜与地面平行的哺乳动物。腹式呼吸模式利用腹部肌肉最大限度地增加横隔膜的运动，并精确控制呼气的速度。受控的呼气气流产生复杂的发声、歌唱，最终形成语言。我们为哺乳动物和人类提出了新的命名。前者为横隔膜动物，后者为水平横隔膜动物，别名 Homo cantale。