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The phrenic nerve is a mixed nerve that originates from the C3–C5 spinal nerves in the neck. The nerve is important for breathing because it provides...

Historically, this has been accomplished through the electrical stimulation of a phrenic nerve by an implanted receiver/electrode, though today an alternative option...

Phrenic arteries may refer to Inferior phrenic arteries Superior phrenic arteries This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Phrenic...

superior phrenic arteries, which arise directly from the thoracic aorta; and from the lower internal intercostal arteries. From below, the inferior phrenic arteries...

The inferior phrenic artery is a bilaterally paired artery of the abdominal cavity which represents the main source of arterial supply to the diaphragm...

The inferior phrenic veins drain the diaphragm and follow the course of the inferior phrenic arteries; the right ends in the inferior vena cava; the left...

or left inferior phrenic vein. They receive blood from the adrenal glands and will sometimes form anastomoses with the inferior phrenic veins. Diagram showing...

Inferior phrenic may refer to: Inferior phrenic veins Inferior phrenic arteries This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Inferior...

mainly the heart and its vessels, the esophagus, the trachea, the vagus, phrenic and cardiac nerves, the thoracic duct, the thymus and the lymph nodes of...

may issue a branch called the accessory phrenic nerve which innervates the diaphragm. The accessory phrenic nerve may rather branch from the C4 or C6...

The phrenic plexus accompanies the inferior phrenic artery to the diaphragm, some filaments passing to the suprarenal gland. It arises from the upper...

under it, which can come from the aorta (intercostal, superior phrenic and inferior phrenic arteries), the internal thoracic arteries (pericardiacophrenic...

by forceful suction that is being generated by diaphragm contraction (phrenic nerve activity), followed by swallowing the water, which requires epiglottis...

example of referred pain: irritation of the diaphragm is signaled by the phrenic nerve as pain in the area above the collarbone. This is because the supraclavicular...

mediastinum, and pericardium. Its lowest pair of branches are the superior phrenic arteries, which supply the diaphragm, and the subcostal arteries for the...

Phrenic vein may refer to: Inferior phrenic vein Superior phrenic vein This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Phrenic vein....

sternum and anterior chest wall. The right phrenic nerve passes to the right of the pericardium. The left phrenic nerve passes over the pericardium of the...

The superior phrenic artery is a bilaterally paired artery of the thoracic cavity. The two arteries provide arterial supply to the superior surface of...

'stalled hiccup'). Diaphragmatic spasm is easily checked by pinching the phrenic nerve in the neck between the fingertips. Kittens with this type of FCKS...

T6, T7, T8 gallbladder and liver PS: vagus nerve S: celiac plexus right phrenic nerve T6, T7, T8, T9 colon PS: vagus nerves and pelvic splanchnic nerves...