11. The phrenic nerves contain motor, sensory, and central tendon. 12. Electrically stimulates phrenic nerve , which controls contractions of diaphragm. 13. The right phrenic nerve may be crushed by the vena cava clamp during liver transplantation. 14. The Mark IV Breathing Pacemaker is a phrenic nerve stimulator, also called a diaphragm pacemaker. 15. Diaphragmatic spasm is easily checked by pinching the phrenic nerve in the neck between the fingertips. 16. Diaphragmatic spasm is easily tested for and treated by short term interruption of the Phrenic nerve . 17. Some sources describe the right phrenic nerve as innervating the gallbladder, other sources make no such mention. 18. Some, like Doran, can benefit from an implanted pacemaker that stimulates the phrenic nerve controlling the diaphragm. 19. Irritation of the phrenic nerve ( or the tissues supplied by it ) leads to the hiccup reflex. 20. The accessory phrenic nerve connects to the phrenic nerve in the thorax or the root of the neck.
