The phrenic nerves contain motor, sensory, and sympathetic nerve fibers.
During the descent of the septum, the phrenic nerve is carried along and assumes its descending pathway.
Diaphragmatic spasm is easily checked by pinching the phrenic nerve in the neck between the fingertips.
Most often it is a branch of the nerve to the subclavius and may contain numerous phrenic nerve fibers.
The phrenic nerve is then isolated under the scalenus anticus muscle.
The mediastinal and central portions of the diaphragmatic pleura are innervated by the phrenic nerves.
The electrodes are placed around the phrenic nerves alongside the pericardium.
These hiccups are part of fetal development and are associated with the myelination of the phrenic nerve, which primarily controls the thoracic diaphragm.
