Sentences with phrase «phrenic nerve»
The phrenic nerve is a special nerve in our body that helps us breathe. It connects our brain to our diaphragm, a muscle located beneath our lungs that helps us take in air. The phrenic nerve carries signals from our brain to the diaphragm, telling it when to contract or relax so we can breathe properly. Full definition
The remede ® system uses unilateral transvenous phrenic nerve stimulation to prevent CSA before it occurs.
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Professor Abraham said: «The device stimulates the diaphragm via the phrenic nerve, causing the diaphragm to contract.
The pulse generator is implanted under the skin like a pacemaker, just below the collar bone, and a wire is threaded into one of the veins near the phrenic nerve.
When the solar plexus is struck, the diaphragm sustains a concussion, which it transmits to the phrenic nerve.
It's a temporary paralysis of the diaphragm caused by trauma to the phrenic nerve.
They plan to test the restoration of breathing ability in pigs, and are developing a pacemaker that could repeatedly illuminate the phrenic nerve in the chest, which controls the diaphragm.
We know hiccups are the result of spasms of the diaphragm, with the phrenic nerve (which supports the diaphragm) thought to be responsible for these spasms.
When our body is off balance, the nerve that activates our diaphragm, the phrenic nerve, gets impinged, and so the diaphragm doesn't have enough room to work.
If these are ineffective your doctor may recommend an injection of an anaesthetic to block your phrenic nerve and stop the hiccups, according to the Mayo Clinic in the US.