A 44-year-old man with a stab wound was brought to the emergency depament and a physician found that the patient was suffering from a laceration of his right phrenic nerve. Which of the following conditions has likely occurred?
Loss of sensation in the pericardium and mediastinal pleura because Phrenic nerve supply (sensory) central pa of diaphragm, pain from pericardium, mediastinal and diaphragmatic pleurae and peritoneum in the undersurface of diaphragm. Difficulty in inspiration on injury to phrenic nerve.
Injury to only general somatic efferent fibers
Difficulty in expiration
Loss of sensation in the pericardium and mediastinal pleura
Normal function of the diaphragm
Thorax: Aerial supply