SETAC Mission Statement Our mission at South East Texas Amateur Club is to promote and advance Amateur Radio, in our communities, state, nationally, and internationally. We will provide education and training in basic electronics, radio theory, operating safety, and accepted operating practice to interested individuals.
Injury at this level of the spinal cord might injure the phrenic nerve. This nerve supplies the diaphragm, which permits inspiration and expiration. If this nerve is damaged, the impulses no longer reach the diaphragm and the diaphragm stops contracting.
The diaphragm is a skeletal muscle that resides in the trunk of the body and separates the thoracic and abdominal cavities from one another. Its function occurs during breathing, where it contracts to enlarge the thoracic cavity and reduce the intrathoracic pressure, so that the lungs may expand and fill their alveoli with air.