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Nerve fascicle
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Transverse section of human tibial nerve.
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Nerve structure
Gray's	subject #183 728

A small bundle of fibers, enclosed in a tubular sheath, is called a funiculus; if the nerve is of small size, it may consist only of a single funiculus; but if large, the funiculi are collected together into larger bundles or nerve fascicles, which are bound together in a common membranous investment.

[edit] External links

• Organology at UC Davis nervous/pns/nerve1/nerve3 - "PNS, nerve (LM, Low)"
• Diagram at kctcs.edu
• Histology at neurobio.ucla.edu

Nervous tissue - edit

Neurons (gray matter): soma, axon (axon hillock, axoplasm, axolemma, neurofibril/neurofilament), dendrite (Nissl body, dendritic spine) types (bipolar, pseudounipolar, multipolar, pyramidal, Purkinje, Renshaw, granule) Synapses: neuropil, boutons, synaptic vesicle, neuromuscular junction, electrical synapse Sensory receptors: Free nerve ending, Meissner's corpuscle, Merkel nerve ending, Muscle spindle, Pacinian corpuscle, Ruffini ending, Olfactory receptor neuron, Photoreceptor, Hair cell, Taste bud Glial cells: astrocyte, ependymal cells, microglia, radial glia Myelination (white matter): Schwann cell, oligodendrocyte, nodes of Ranvier, internode, Schmidt-Lanterman incisures, neurolemma closely related Connective tissue: epineurium, perineurium, endoneurium, nerve fascicle, meninges

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