The phrenic nerve:

A) provides the sole motor innervation to the diaphragm.
B) is derived from the brachial plexus.
C) contains sympathetic fibers derived from the inferior cervical ganglion.
D) enters the chest by passing anterior to the subclavian vein.
E) forms posterior to the anterior scalene muscle.


Ans: A

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