English
Detailed Synonyms for phrenic nerve in English
phrenic nerve:
phrenic nerve [the ~] noun
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the phrenic nerve
– one of a pair of nerves that arises from cervical spinal roots and passes down the thorax to innervate the diaphragm and control breathing 1the nervus phrenicus; the phrenic nerve– one of a pair of nerves that arises from cervical spinal roots and passes down the thorax to innervate the diaphragm and control breathing 1