Phrenic nerve

Introduction: Phrenic nerve

Description of Phrenic nerve

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.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Phrenic nerve: motor nerve of the diaphragm; phrenic nerve fibers originate in the cervical spinal column and travel through the cervical plexus to the diaphragm.
Source: CRISP

Phrenic nerve: The motor nerve of the diaphragm. The phrenic nerve fibers originate in the cervical spinal column (mostly C4) and travel through the cervical plexus to the diaphragm.
Source: MeSH 2007

Phrenic nerve: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Phrenic nerve:

• Phrenic
• Nerve
• Nerve symptoms (9132 causes)
• Nerve disease
• Nerve disorder
• Nerve problem (9132 causes)
• Nerve pain
• Cervical
• Cervical symptoms (43 causes)
• Cervical pain (148 causes)

Phrenic nerve as an Organ

Phrenic nerve (organ): The phrenic nerve is a paired nerve that arises from some of the spinal...more »

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Terms associated with Phrenic nerve:

Terms Similar to Phrenic nerve:

• nervus phrenicus

Source - WordNet 2.1

Broader terms for Phrenic nerve

• Cervical Plexus

Source - MeSH 2007

• spinal nerve

Source - CRISP

• spinal nerve
• nervus spinalis

Source - WordNet 2.1

Hierarchical classifications of Phrenic nerve

The following list attempts to classify Phrenic nerve into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• nervus spinalis,spinal nerve
• nerve,nervus
• fascicle,fasciculus,fiber bundle,fibre bundle
• nerve tissue,nervous tissue
• animal tissue
• tissue
• body part
• part,piece
• thing
• entity

Source: WordNet 2.1

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Nervous System
  • Peripheral Nervous System
    • Peripheral Nerves
      • Spinal Nerves
        • Cervical Plexus
          • Phrenic Nerve

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