endoneurium

British

/ ˌɛndəʊˈnjʊərɪəm /

noun

the delicate connective tissue surrounding nerve fibres within a bundle

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Etymology

Origin of endoneurium

New Latin, from _endo- + _neuro- + _-ium

Example Sentences

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Figure 13.22 To what structures in a skeletal muscle are the endoneurium, perineurium, and epineurium comparable?

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

The nerve fibres there figured are bound together by endoneurium into small ropes, the nerves, encased in perineurium.

From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

The nerve fibres, although mechanically displaced and dissociated by the overgrown endoneurium, undergo no structural change except when compressed in passing through a bony canal.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

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