For Diaphragm we have terms and definitions in 26 topics. The topics are Anthromorphemics, Anthropology, Baby, Bladder Cancer, Contraception, Entertainment Industry, Entomological, Health, Home Theater, Horse Health, Import Cars, Insect, Medical, Natural Gas, Photography, Plumbing, Pregnancy, Respiratory Disorders, Science, Sex, Sexual Health, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Television, Women's Health, Womens Health and Wood.

Diaphragm (Anthromorphemics)

A muscle that lies beneath the lungs. When the diaphragm contracts, the volume of the lungs increases, causing a lowering of pressure within the lungs and movement of air from the outside into the lungs. When the diaphragm relaxes, air is expelled from the lungs.

Diaphragm (Anthropology)

A muscle that lies beneath the lungs. When the diaphragm contracts, the volume of the lungs increases, causing a lowering of pressure within the lungs and movement of air from the outside into the lungs. When the diaphragm relaxes, air is expelled from the lungs.

Diaphragm (Baby)

The large muscle that divides the chest from the abdomen.

Diaphragm (Bladder Cancer)

A dome shaped muscle that separates the lungs and heart from the abdomen. This muscle assists in breathing.

Diaphragm (Contraception)

A small, latex cup that fits inside the vagina and is placed against the cervix before sexual intercourse.

Diaphragm (Entertainment Industry)

The lower part of the lungs, filling the abdominal space, that supports the voice when actors and singers breathe correctly on stage.

Diaphragm (Entomological)

A horizontal membranous partition of the body cavity.

Diaphragm (Health)

Primary muscle used for respiration, located just below the lung bases.

Diaphragm (Home Theater)

The part of a speaker unit that converts the oscillations of the voice coil into air pressure variations = audible sound. Traditionally, the speaker diaphragm is cone shaped. High frequency units (tweeter) are often dome shaped.

Diaphragm (Horse Health)

The large muscle used for breathing which separates the abdominal and chest cavities.

Diaphragm (Import Cars)

1. A flexible membrane in a speaker or microphone where electrical signals are converted to sound vibrations and vice versa. 2. The flexible membrane found in a temperature- or pressure-control device that seals in an inert fluid from the atmosphere while allowing a mechanical movement.

Diaphragm (Insect)

A horizontal membranous partition of the body cavity.

Diaphragm (Medical)

The large, dome-shaped muscle separating the abdomen and chest that contracts and relaxes to make breathing possible; also, a thin, rubber dome that is used as a method of female contraception

Diaphragm (Natural Gas)

A bellows inside a displacement type gas meter. Also, a membrane separating two different pressure areas within a control valve or regulator.

Diaphragm (Photography)

The part of the camera that governs the size of the aperture. The most common type is the iris diaphragm- a system of curved, overlapping metal blades that form a roughly circular opening similar to the iris of the eye. It varies in size to control the amount of light.

Diaphragm (Plumbing)

Flexible membrane in a valve that deflects down onto a rigid area of the valve body to regulate water flow from the supply lines. This eliminates the possibility of debris build-up within the valve.

Diaphragm (Pregnancy)

A contraceptive device that is fitted over the cervix of a woman’s uterus to prevent sperm from fertilizing an egg is a diaphragm. 2) The large muscle that separates the chest from the abdomen.

Diaphragm (Respiratory Disorders)

Primary muscle used for respiration, located just below the lung bases.

Diaphragm (Science)

Sheet-like muscle that separates the abdominal and thoracic cavities; helps draw air into the lungs; a rubber cup used as a birth-control device that is inserted by the woman to prevent sperm from reaching the uterus and oviducts

Diaphragm (Sex)

A saucer-shaped rubber contraceptive device that is filled with spermicide and inserted into the back of the vagina to block the cervical opening.

Diaphragm (Sexual Health)

A soft rubber dome intended to fit securely over the cervix. Used with contraceptive cream or jelly, the diaphragm is a reversible barrier method of birth control available only by prescription.

Diaphragm (Sexually Transmitted Diseases)

A soft, rubber cup that fits over a woman's cervix. A woman can put it in her vagina and keep it there during and after vaginal sex, with cream or jelly spermicide. Diaphragms are about the size and shape of a tennis ball cut in half. A doctor fits the right sized diaphragm for each woman's cervix. This stops a woman from getting pregnant. It does not stop the male or female from getting HIV from each other or germs that cause other STDs.

Diaphragm (Television)

The vibrating part of an audio transducer exclusive of a voice coil or crystal that captures acoustic energy for conversion into an electrical signal or that moves the air to create acoustic energy from an electrical signal. For a speaker the diaphragm is the cone (and/or dome if any or sometimes a ribbon). For a bass shaker the diaphragm is the surface to which it is attached. All headphones and microphones also have diaphragms.

Diaphragm (Women's Health)

Birth control device made of a thin flexible disk, usually made of rubber, that is designed to cover the cervix to prevent the entry of sperm during sexual intercourse.

Diaphragm (Womens Health)

Birth control device made of a thin flexible disk, usually made of rubber, that is designed to cover the cervix to prevent the entry of sperm during sexual intercourse.

Diaphragm (Wood)

A horizontal or nearly horizontal roof or floor structural element designed to resist lateral loads (wind and earthquake loads) and transmit these loads to the vertical resisting elements (shearwalls).

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