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epineurium

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epineurium /epi·neu·ri·um/ (-noor´e-um) the outermost layer of connective tissue of a peripheral nerve.epineu´rial
ep·i·neu·ri·um (p-nr-m)
n. pl. ep·i·neu·ri·a (-nr-)
The thick sheath of connective tissue surrounding a nerve trunk.
epineurium [ep″ĭ-noor´e-um]
the sheath of a peripheral nerve. adj., adj epineu´rial.
epineurium
the sheath of a peripheral nerve.
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2,3) Normal perineurial cells constitute the perineurium, a protective barrier situated between the epineurium and endoneurium layers of the nerves that surround both myelinated and unmyelinated axon-Schwann cell complexes of peripheral nerve fascicles.
Perineurioma: a distinctive and underrecognized peripheral nerve ... by Macarenco, Ricardo S.; Ellinger, Fred; Oliveira, Andre M. / Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
5,22-24) The theory of centro-central nerve union is based on central axon suppression secondary to the approaching nerves and prevention of the target-derived neurotrophic factors from the nerve endings by sealing of the epineurium.
Treatment of painful neuroma of amputated phalanx with distal toe ... by Lineaweaver, William C. / Southern Medical Journal
With difficulty, the mass was separated from the epineurium of the superior division of the facial nerve.
Coexisting facial nerve schwannoma and monomorphic adenoma of the ... by Chia, Stanley / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
 
 
 
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