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thoracic diaphragm

sheet of internal skeletal muscle
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Summary

thoracic diaphragm is a solitary muscle organ type[1]. It draws 6,769 Wikipedia views per month (solitary muscle organ type category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: class of anatomical entity[3]
  • Subclass of: muscle of thorax[4], particular anatomical entity[5]
  • Part of: Q130303702[6]
  • Commons category: Thoracic diaphragm[7]
  • Topic's main category: Q9205221[8]
  • Commons gallery: Thoracic diaphragm[9]
  • Described by source: Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[10], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[12]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C12702[13]
  • Arterial supply: pericardiacophrenic artery[14]
  • Venous drainage: superior phrenic vein[15]
  • Innervated by: phrenic nerve[16]
  • Muscle action: inspiration movement[17]
  • Muscle insertion: costal margin[18], rib[19], xiphoid process[20], lumbar vertebrae[21], thoracic vertebra[22]

Why It Matters

thoracic diaphragm has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . bartleby.com. Retrieved . bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Anatomy and Human Movement Structure and Function 6th edition. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Anatomy and Human Movement Structure and Function 6th edition. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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