PHRENIC NERVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does phrenic nerve mean? 

• PHRENIC NERVE (noun)
  The noun PHRENIC NERVE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: PHRENIC NERVE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHRENIC NERVE (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

nervus phrenicus; phrenic nerve

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))

 Context examples 

Damage to the phrenic nerve that results in paralysis of the hemidiaphragm at birth.

(Congenital Phrenic Nerve Palsy, NCI Thesaurus)

Damage to the phrenic nerve that is present at birth.

(Congenital Phrenic Nerve Injury, NCI Thesaurus)

Intermittent, incomplete or complete paralysis with or without tremors to any of the organs or body parts innervated by the phrenic nerve.

(Phrenic Nerve Palsy, NCI Thesaurus)

Damage to the phrenic nerve that results in paralysis of the hemidiaphragm and was not present at birth.

(Acquired Phrenic Nerve Palsy, NCI Thesaurus)

Damage to the phrenic nerve that was not present at birth.

(Acquired Phrenic Nerve Injury, NCI Thesaurus)

Damage to the phrenic nerve.

(Phrenic Nerve Injury, NCI Thesaurus)