title: [The phrenic nerve in the guinea pig (Cavia porcellus L. 1756)].
abstract: The aim of the present study was the ascertain in the mode of origin of the phrenic nerve and to provide a morphological basis for experimental studies of this nerve in the guinea pig. In sketches made of the dissections, in 10 male and 10 female guinea pigs adults, the modes of origin of the phrenic roots were demonstrated to arise from the fourth to the seventh cervical nerves. Four types of origin could be distinguished. The phrenic nerve of guinea pig has three or four roots.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006168:Guinea Pigs / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008297:Male; D010791:Phrenic Nerve / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000033:anatomy & histology
vernacular_title: Etude du nerf phrénique chez le cobaye (Cavia porcellus, L., 1756).