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endoneurium

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endoneurium /en·do·neu·ri·um/ (-noor´e-um) the innermost layer of connective tissue in a peripheral nerve, forming an interstitial layer around each individual fiber outside the neurilemma.endoneu´rial
en·do·neu·ri·um (nd-nr-m)
n. pl. en·do·neu·ri·a (-nr-)
The delicate connective tissue enveloping individual nerve fibers within a peripheral nerve. Also called Henle's sheath.
endoneurium
the interstitial connective tissue in a peripheral nerve, separating individual nerve fibers.


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6) More recently, investigators have proposed that malignant cells invade and spread via potential spaces in the connective tissue planes of the perineurium and endoneurium without inciting an inflammatory response in the surrounding stroma or invading the nerve fibers themselves.
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The myelin and endoneurium left behind are phagocytized by cells involved in the inflammatory response.
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