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Descriptor English: Phrenic Nerve
Descriptor Spanish: Nervio Frénico
Descriptor nervio frénico
Scope note: Nervio motor del diafragma. Las fibras del nervio frénico se originan en la médula espinal (principalmente a la altura de C4) y discurren a través de plexo cervical hasta el diafragma.
Descriptor Portuguese: Nervo Frênico
Descriptor French: Nerf phrénique
Entry term(s): Nerve, Phrenic
Nerves, Phrenic
Phrenic Nerves
Tree number(s): A08.800.800.720.150.700
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010791
Scope note: The motor nerve of the diaphragm. The phrenic nerve fibers originate in the cervical spinal column (mostly C4) and travel through the cervical plexus to the diaphragm.
Annotation: dis: coord IM with PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES (IM); neopl: coord IM with PERIPHERAL NERVE NEOPLASMS (IM) + histol type of neopl (IM)
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
DeCS ID: 10989
Unique ID: D010791
NLM Classification: WL 400
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1999/11/03
Phrenic Nerve - Preferred
Concept UI M0016764
Scope note The motor nerve of the diaphragm. The phrenic nerve fibers originate in the cervical spinal column (mostly C4) and travel through the cervical plexus to the diaphragm.
Preferred term Phrenic Nerve
Entry term(s) Nerve, Phrenic
Nerves, Phrenic
Phrenic Nerves



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