Epineurium

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Epineurium
Transverse section of human tibial nerve. (Epineurium labeled at upper right.)
Nerve structure
Gray's subject #183 728
MeSH Epineurium
Dorlands/Elsevier e_12/12338150

The epineurium is the outermost layer of connective tissue surrounding a peripheral nerve. It includes the blood vessels supplying the nerve. It consists of adipose tissue and fibrocollagenous tissues.

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