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Noun: phrenic nerve
  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
    - nervus phrenicus

Derived forms: phrenic nerves

Type of: nervus spinalis, spinal nerve

Encyclopedia: Phrenic nerve

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