| Epineurium | |
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| Transverse section of human tibial nerve. (Epineurium labeled at upper right.) | |
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| Gray's | subject #183 728 |
| MeSH | Epineurium |
The epineurium is the outermost layer of connective tissue surrounding a peripheral nerve. It includes the blood vessels supplying the nerve. It is formed when the spinal nerve leaves the vertebral canal via the intervertebral foramen and 2 layers of the spinal meninges invaginate the nerve - arachnoid and dura - forming a "dural sleeve" or epinurium.
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