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Phrenic nerves: supply motor and sensory fibres to diaphragm and sensory
fibres to pericardium, mediastinal pleura and subdiaphragmatic peritoneum
L enters thorac above aortic arch and anterior to apex of the lung.
Descends on fibrous pericardium overlying L ventricle
R runs behind brachocephalic vein and onto the right side of the SVC and
right atrium
Vagus nerves:
L descends in carotid sheath lateral to common carotid artery. At aortic
arch it is crossed anteriorly by phrenic nerve