Submitted by Anomaly-Friend t3_11ymdjl in askscience
GeriatricHydralisk t1_jdae8gr wrote
Reply to comment by DumbNBANephew in (Biology) How far down your spine can you break before respiratory impairment? by Anomaly-Friend
As others note, lower nerves innervate the intercostals and abdominals. But the diaphragm is both necessary and sufficient for human ventilation, and is innervated exclusively by the phrenic nerves (left and right), which originate from those three levels.
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