| 21. | The accessory phrenic nerve connects to the phrenic nerve in the thorax or the root of the neck.
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| 22. | Some sources describe the right phrenic nerve as innervating the gallbladder, other sources make no such mention.
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| 23. | Irritation of the phrenic nerve ( or the tissues supplied by it ) leads to the hiccup reflex.
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| 24. | They thus give rise to the motor and sensory innervation of the muscular diaphragm by the phrenic nerve.
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| 25. | When the portion of pericardium lying between the two phrenic nerves is excised it is called total pericardiectomy.
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| 26. | Other rare but serious complications from brachial plexus block include pneumothorax and persistent paresis of the phrenic nerve.
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| 27. | Some, like Doran, can benefit from an implanted pacemaker that stimulates the phrenic nerve controlling the diaphragm.
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| 28. | Most often it is a branch of the nerve to the subclavius and may contain numerous phrenic nerve fibers.
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| 29. | Many patients whose phrenic nerve doesn't function rely on a standard ventilator that blows air into the windpipe.
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| 30. | They gave him the " Phrenic Nerve Crush " destroying one of the nerves that controls the diaphragm.
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