• Question: Why Do We Hiccup?

    Asked by coombes27 to Ben, Clare, Ezzy, Mario, Sam on 16 Mar 2012.
    • Photo: Mario Campanelli

      Mario Campanelli answered on 16 Mar 2012:

      little air bubbles in our stomach…

    • Photo: Elizabeth Pearson

      Elizabeth Pearson answered on 16 Mar 2012:

      The diaphragm is the muscle under out lungs that controls how our lungs breath. When it gets out of sync with the rest of the muscles controlling how we breath we hiccup. The scientific name for hiccup is a diaphragmatic spasm.

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