Internodal segment
| Internodal segment | |
|---|---|
 Diagram of longitudinal sections of medullated nerve fibers. | |
 Medullated nerve fibers stained with silver nitrate. | |
| Details | |
| Part of | Axon of nerve fiber |
| System | Nervous system |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | segmentum internodale |
| TH | H2.00.06.2.03028 |
| Anatomical terms of microanatomy | |
An internodal segment (or internode) is the portion of a nerve fiber between two Nodes of Ranvier. The neurolemma or primitive sheath is not interrupted at the nodes, but passes over them as a continuous membrane.
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This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 727 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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