A nerve that arises from the caudal cervical nerves and is primarily the motor nerve of the diaphragm but also sends sensory fibers to the pericardium. [ VHOG:0000728 ]
Term information
- VHOG:0000728
- MA:0001170
- BAMS:phn
- Wikipedia:Phrenic_nerve
- NCIT:C52813
- MESH:D010791
- UMLS:C0031774 (ncithesaurus:Phrenic_Nerve)
- EMAPA:17813
- SCTID:280344009
- GAID:848
- BTO:0001063
- FMA:6191
- OpenCyc:Mx4rvtmdUJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
- EHDAA:4677
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A nerve that arises from the caudal cervical nerves and is primarily the motor nerve of the diaphragm but also sends sensory fibers to the pericardium.
A nerve that arises from the caudal cervical nerves and is primarily the motor nerve of the diaphragm but also sends sensory fibers to the pericardium. [TFD][VHOG]
Term relations
- thoracic cavity nerve
- thoracic cavity artery
- located in some thoracic cavity
- part of some nerve of cervical vertebra
- branching part of some nerve of cervical vertebra
- supplies some diaphragm