Diaphragm: Historical path of the term and its anatomical and functional descriptions

Primer Autor
Vasquez, Belgica
Co-autores
Munoz, Rodrigo
Título
Diaphragm: Historical path of the term and its anatomical and functional descriptions
Editorial
SOC CHILENA ANATOMIA
Revista
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY
Lenguaje
es
Resumen
"Over time and throughout all regions, history has been a discipline allowing an established order of knowledge, legacies and complex historical experiences of human beings. Consequently, knowing the history of civilizations, cultures and societies allows us to understand and rationalize this information and use the information to continue building a new reality. In this context, the objective of this work was to analyze the origin and meaning of the term diaphragm, and knowledge of the anatomy and functions of this muscle. Based on this knowledge and its path throughout history its current definition was constructed. In Homer's writings, the diaphragm was recognized as an anatomical structure that was not linked to any particular function and in the early physiological explanations of breathing, and did not play a role in the breathing process. Hippocrates and Plato marked a point of inflection in the definition of the term, since they described it as a structure that separated the thorax from the abdomen, relating it correctly with the meaning of the term diaphragma (diafragma), ""separation"". However, in the classical period of Greece, it was more frequently associated with Greek mythology and human spirituality, considering the diaphragm as the seat of thought. Another important milestone in the history of this muscle were the studies Galen through dissection in animals, and Vesalius in humans, where both describe the diaphragm and its functions in great detail, approaching the detail of the breathing process more closely. Finally, Testut structures the information in a manner that has been maintained to this day, and the only change has been in the dissemination of the information."
Tipo de Recurso
Artículo original
doi
10.4067/S0717-95022017000401614
Formato Recurso
pdf
Palabras Claves
Diaphragm# History# Anatomy# Function
Ubicación del archivo
http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0717-95022017000401614
Categoría OCDE
Anatomy & Morphology
Materias
Diafragma# Historia# Anatomía# Función
Disciplinas de la OCDE
Anatomía y Morfología
Fisiología
Otras Especialidades de la Historia y Arqueología
Id de Web of Science
WOS:000428048400063
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Diaphragm: Historical path of the term and its anatomical and functional descriptions
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Artículo original
Versión del recurso (Recomendado-único)
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Editorial
SOC CHILENA ANATOMIA
Revista/Libro
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY
Categoría WOS
Anatomía y Morfología
ISSN
0717-9502
Idioma
es
Formato
pdf
Tipo de ruta
dorada#verde
Access Rights
acceso abierto
Derechos de acceso
acceso abierto
License
CC BY-NC
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