Accessory phrenic nerves
Nervi phrenici accessorii
- Related terms: Accessory phrenic nerve
Definition
The phrenic nerves arises chiefly from the fourth cervical nerve, but receives a branch from the third and another from the fifth (accessory phrenic nerves); (the fibers from the fifth occasionally come through the nerve to the Subclavius).
References
This definition incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy (20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, published in 1918 – from http://www.bartleby.com/107/).
