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phrenic nerves

phrenic nerves is the plural of phrenic nerve.

Meaning of phrenic nerve

Noun

phrenic nerve (plural phrenic nerves)

  1. A nerve that arises mainly from the fourth cervical nerve and is primarily the motor nerve of the diaphragm but also sends sensory fibers to the pericardium.

Questions about phrenic nerves

What is phrenic nerves the plural of?
Phrenic nerves is the plural of phrenic nerve.

Words near phrenic nerves in the dictionary

  1. phrenic arteries
  2. phrenic artery
  3. phrenic ganglion
  4. phrenic ganglions
  5. phrenic nerve
  6. phrenic nerves
  7. phrenic plexus
  8. phrenic plexuses
  9. phrenicectomies
  10. phrenicectomy
  11. phreniclasia

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