phrenic nerve

n.

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.

Words nearby phrenic nerve

phrenetic, phreni-, phrenic, phrenic artery, phrenic ganglion, phrenic nerve, phrenicectomy, phreniclasia, phrenicocolic ligament, phrenicoexeresis, phrenicopleural fascia