endoneurium

/ ˌɛndəʊˈnjʊərɪəm /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of endoneurium¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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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.

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