"Phrenic Nerve" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D010791
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.800.800.720.150.700
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| Concept/Terms |
Phrenic Nerve- Phrenic Nerve
- Nerve, Phrenic
- Nerves, Phrenic
- Phrenic Nerves
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Phrenic Nerve" by people in Profiles.
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Effect of unilateral diaphragmatic paralysis on postpneumonectomy lung growth. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2013 Sep 15; 305(6):L439-45.
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A 56-year-old woman with arm pain, dyspnea, and an elevated diaphragm. Chest. 2008 Jan; 133(1):296-9.
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Subdiaphragmatic venous hemodynamics in patients with biventricular and Fontan circulation after diaphragm plication. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2007 Dec; 134(6):1397-405; discussion 1405.