Nerve fascicle

Not to be confused with Muscle fascicle.
Nerve fascicle
Nerve structure
Identifiers
TA98A14.1.00.012
TA26157
FMA12235
Anatomical terminology

A nerve fascicle is a bundle of nerve fibers belonging to a nerve in the peripheral nervous system.[1] A nerve fascicle is also called a fasciculus.[2] In the central nervous system, the analogous structures are known as nerve tracts.[3][4]

A nerve fascicle is enclosed by perineurium, a layer of fascial connective tissue.[5] Each nerve fiber in the nerve fascicle is also enclosed by a connective tissue layer of endoneurium. Bundles of nerve fascicles are called fasciculi and are constituents of the nerve trunk of a nerve.[6][1][7] A main nerve trunk may contain a great many fascicles enclosing many thousands of axons (or nerve fibers).[7]

In neuroanatomy, different tracts in the spinal cord are bundled into fasciculi such as the medial longitudinal fasciculus. In the spinal cord, fasciculi are bundled into columns called funiculi such as the anterior funiculus.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Standring, Susan (2016). Gray's anatomy: the anatomical basis of clinical practice (Forty-first ed.). [Philadelphia]. p. 54. ISBN 978-0-7020-5230-9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ "The Peripheral Nervous System | SEER Training". training.seer.cancer.gov. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  3. ^ Purves, Dale; Augustine, George J.; Fitzpatrick, David; Hall, William C.; LaMantia, Anthony-Samuel; McNamara, James O.; White, Leonard E. (2008). Neuroscience (4 ed.). Sinauer Associates. pp. 11–20. ISBN 978-0-87893-697-7.
  4. ^ Marieb EN, Hoehn K (2007). Human Anatomy & Physiology (7th ed.). Pearson. pp. 388–602. ISBN 978-0-8053-5909-1.
  5. ^ Bordoni, B; Escher, AR; Tobbi, F; Ducoux, B; Paoletti, S (11 February 2021). "Fascial Nomenclature: Update 2021, Part 2". Cureus. 13 (2) e13279. doi:10.7759/cureus.13279. PMC 7880823. PMID 33604227.
  6. ^ "Definition of NERVE TRUNK". www.merriam-webster.com.
  7. ^ a b Standring, Susan (2016). Gray's anatomy: the anatomical basis of clinical practice (Forty-first ed.). [Philadelphia]. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-7020-5230-9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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