Peripheral Nerves
"Peripheral Nerves" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The nerves outside of the brain and spinal cord, including the autonomic, cranial, and spinal nerves. Peripheral nerves contain non-neuronal cells and connective tissue as well as axons. The connective tissue layers include, from the outside to the inside, the epineurium, the perineurium, and the endoneurium.
| Descriptor ID |
D010525
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.800.800
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| Concept/Terms |
Peripheral Nerves- Peripheral Nerves
- Nerve, Peripheral
- Nerves, Peripheral
- Peripheral Nerve
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