Membership: The old 15-member Veterans Committee has been replaced by a group comprised of the living members of the Baseball Hall of Fame (60), the living recipients of the J.G. Taylor Spink Award (12), the living recipients of the Ford C. Frick Award (13) and the current Veterans Committee members whose terms have not yet expired (3).
High blood pressure can cause the left ventricle to enlarge, causing the heart muscle eventually to weaken. High blood pressure may also enlarge the upper chambers of your heart (atria). 1  Heart valve disease.
The expansion of the lungs and thorax is caused by the movement of the diaphragm and the internal and external intercostal muscles. On inspiration, the diaphragm contracts and the dome of the diaphragm flattens. This increases the superior-inferior dimission of the chest cavity.