Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
diaphragm .
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Examples
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The phrenic plexus (plexus phrenicus) accompanies the inferior phrenic artery to the diaphragm, some filaments passing to the suprarenal gland.
IX. Neurology. 1F. The Great Plexuses of the Sympathetic System 1918
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The Phrenic Nerve (n. phrenicus; internal respiratory nerve of Bell) contains motor and sensory fibers in the proportion of about two to one.
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