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Noun: nervus phrenicus
  1. One of a pair of nerves that arises from cervical spinal roots and passes down the thorax to innervate the diaphragm and control breathing
    - phrenic nerve

Type of: nervus spinalis, spinal nerve

Encyclopedia: Nervus phrenicus

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