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endoneurium

British  
/ ˌɛndəʊˈnjʊərɪəm /

noun

  1. the delicate connective tissue surrounding nerve fibres within a bundle

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of endoneurium

New Latin, from endo- + neuro- + -ium

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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, 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

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)

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