Internodal segment
Appearance
Internodal segment | |
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Details | |
Part of | Axon of nerve fiber |
System | Nervous system |
Identifiers | |
Latin | segmentum internodale |
TH | H2.00.06.2.03028 |
Anatomical terms of microanatomy |
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.
References
[edit]This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 727 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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