Internodal segment
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| Internodal segment | |
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| Diagram of longitudinal sections of medullated nerve fibers. | |
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| Medullated nerve fibers stained with silver nitrate. | |
| Latin | segmentum internodale |
| Gray's | subject #183 727 |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | s_07/12727330 |
The portion of nerve fiber between two Nodes of Ranvier is called an internodal segment (or internode). The neurolemma or primitive sheath is not interrupted at the nodes, but passes over them as a continuous membrane.
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