Search Result for "nervus phrenicus":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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;
[syn: phrenic nerve, nervus phrenicus]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

nervus phrenicus
    n 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 [syn: phrenic nerve, nervus
         phrenicus]