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Anatomy Atlases: Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus III: Nervous System: Two types of accessory phrenic nerve.

Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus III: Nervous System

Two Types of Accessory Phrenic Nerve

Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD

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In a., a long accessory from C4 loops in front of the subclavian vein to join the phrenic proper; in b, the accessory phrenic arises from the fifth cervical nerve in common with the nerve to the subclavius, and after leaving this runs almost horizontally to join the phrenic. Adapted from Decker, H. R.: J. Thoracic Surg. 2:538, 1933.

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