Figure 1From: Restoration of diaphragmatic function after diaphragm reinnervation by inferior laryngeal nerve; experimental study in rabbitsSchematic surgery representation of the different groups. ILN: inferior laryngeal nerve; Add/Abd: adductor and abductor branches of inferior laryngeal nerve; PN: phrenic nerve; r.C4-r.C5-r.C6: C4-C5 and C6 cervical roots of the phrenic nerve; XII: hypoglossal nerve; ST:, nerve of sternothyroid muscle originated from the cervical roots of the hypoglossal nerve.Back to article page