accessory phrenic nerve

accessory phrenic nerve definition - medical

accessory phrenic nerve

noun
Any of the accessory nerve strands that arise from the fifth cervical nerve, often as branches of the nerve to the subclavius, and pass downward to join the phrenic nerve.

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