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Abstract
The nerves outside of the brain and spinal cord, including the autonomic, cranial, and spinal nerves. Peripheral nerves contain non-neuronal cells and connective tissue as well as axons. The connective tissue layers include, from the outside to the inside, the epineurium, the perineurium, and the endoneurium.
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- Nerve, Peripheral
- Nerves, Peripheral
- Peripheral Nerve
- Endoneurium
- Epineurium
- Perineurium
- Endoneuriums
- Epineuriums
- Perineuriums
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Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood supply, chemistry, cytology, diagnostic imaging, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, growth & development, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, physiopathology, radiation effects, surgery, transplantation, ultrastructure, virology.
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general only; do not use as a coordinate for specific nerves indexed with organ /innerv
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- National Library of Medicine. Peripheral Nerves. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010525. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010525
- Peripheral Nerves. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripheral_nerve
- Peripheral Nerves. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11519747