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PHRENIC NERVE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of a pair of nerves that arises from cervical spinal roots and passes down the thorax to innervate the diaphragm and control breathing
Synonyms:
nervus phrenicus; phrenic nerve
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("phrenic nerve" is a kind of...):
nervus spinalis; spinal nerve (any of the 31 pairs of nerves emerging from each side of the spinal cord (each attached to the cord by two roots: ventral and dorsal))
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