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Structure of a Nerve

Anatomy of a nerve

Anatomy of a nerve

The primary structures of a nerve. 

This drawing of a nerve shows its primary structures. Starting with the outermost wrapping of a spinal nerve, the epineurium, the following structures are inside: axons, blood vessels, the fasciculus, perineurium, and endoneurium.

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    "Nerve fascicle."
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  • perineurium
  • endoneurial fluid
  • glycocalyx
  • endoneurium
  • fascicles
  • epineurium
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