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The “Abdominal Circulatory Pump”: An Auxiliary Heart during Exercise?
Apart from its role as a flow generator for ventilation the diaphragm has a circulatory role. The cyclical abdominal pressure variations from its contractions cause swings in venous return from the splanchnic venous circulation. During exercise the action of the abdominal muscles may enhance this ci...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2016
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4703783/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26779038 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2015.00411 |