perineurium
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Origin of perineurium
From New Latin, dating back to 1835–45; see origin at peri-, neur-, -ium
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Within the nerve, axons are further bundled into fascicles, which are each surrounded by their own layer of fibrous connective tissue called perineurium.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
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 tumours, which vary greatly in size and number—as many as a thousand have been counted in one case—are enclosed in a capsule derived from the perineurium.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
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