Peripheral Nerve - Perineurium

uploaded on: Jan 09, 2010
by: jdmiles

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This is a section of plastic-embedded peripheral nerve stained with toluidine blue. The unnecessarily large green arrow points to the perineurium, a sheath of connective tissue surrounding the fascicle. The epineurium, a more superficial layer surrounding the whole nerve, is not seen in this image.

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