Term: phrenic nerve: one of a pair of nerves that arises from cervical spinal roots and passes down the thorax to innervate the diaphragm and control breathing
Broader: spinal nerve: any of the 31 pairs of nerves emerging from each side of the spinal cord (each attached to the cord by two roots: ventral and dorsal) | Unrelated: elamite: a member of an ancient warlike people living in Elam east of Babylonia as early as 3000 BC
Broader: spinal nerve: any of the 31 pairs of nerves emerging from each side of the spinal cord (each attached to the cord by two roots: ventral and dorsal) | Unrelated: chara: green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts
Broader: spinal nerve: any of the 31 pairs of nerves emerging from each side of the spinal cord (each attached to the cord by two roots: ventral and dorsal) | Unrelated: finance: the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets
Broader: spinal nerve: any of the 31 pairs of nerves emerging from each side of the spinal cord (each attached to the cord by two roots: ventral and dorsal) | Unrelated: mare liberum: (free sea) a navigable body of water to which all nations have equal access
Broader: spinal nerve: any of the 31 pairs of nerves emerging from each side of the spinal cord (each attached to the cord by two roots: ventral and dorsal) | Unrelated: intimidation: the feeling of being intimidated; being made to feel afraid or timid
Broader: spinal nerve: any of the 31 pairs of nerves emerging from each side of the spinal cord (each attached to the cord by two roots: ventral and dorsal) | Unrelated: overmantel: a shelf over a mantelpiece
Broader: spinal nerve: any of the 31 pairs of nerves emerging from each side of the spinal cord (each attached to the cord by two roots: ventral and dorsal) | Unrelated: helmetflower: any of several orchids of the genus Coryanthes having racemes of a few musky-scented waxy flowers with a helmet-shaped lip process
Broader: spinal nerve: any of the 31 pairs of nerves emerging from each side of the spinal cord (each attached to the cord by two roots: ventral and dorsal) | Unrelated: gold plate: tableware that is plated with gold
Broader: spinal nerve: any of the 31 pairs of nerves emerging from each side of the spinal cord (each attached to the cord by two roots: ventral and dorsal) | Unrelated: dementia: mental deterioration of organic or functional origin
Broader: spinal nerve: any of the 31 pairs of nerves emerging from each side of the spinal cord (each attached to the cord by two roots: ventral and dorsal) | Unrelated: sabbatia: any of various plants of the genus Sabbatia having usually pink cymose flowers; occur from acid bogs to brackish marshes