Internodal segment
Internodal segment | |
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Diagram of longitudinal sections of medullated nerve fibers. | |
Medullated nerve fibers stained with silver nitrate. | |
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Latin | segmentum internodale |
Code | TH H2.00.06.2.03028 |
An internodal segment (or internode) is the portion of a nerve fiber between two Nodes of Ranvier. The neurolemma or primitive sheath is not interrupted at the nodes, but passes over them as a continuous membrane.
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This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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