| Nerve fascicle | |
|---|---|
) Transverse section of human tibial nerve. | |
) Nerve structure | |
| Identifiers | |
| TA98 | A14.1.00.012 |
| TA2 | 6157 |
| FMA | 12235 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
A nerve fascicle, or fasciculus is a bundle of funiculi.[1][2] A funiculus is a bundle of axons.
A nerve fascicle refers to nerves in the peripheral nervous system; in the central nervous system this is known as a nerve tract.
See also
References
- ^ Gray, Henry; Lewis, Warren Harmon (1918). Anatomy of the human body. Harold B. Lee Library. Philadelphia : Lea & Febiger.
- ^ Siegel, A. & Sapru, H. (2011). Essential neuroscience. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 728 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
External links
- Anatomy photo: nervous/pns/nerve1/nerve3 - Comparative Organology at University of California, Davis - "PNS, nerve (LM, Low)"
- Histology at neurobio.ucla.edu