Internodal segment
Portion of a nerve fiber From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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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Part of | Axon of nerve fiber |
System | Nervous system |
Identifiers | |
Latin | segmentum internodale |
TH | H2.00.06.2.03028 |
Anatomical terms of microanatomy |
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