Biology: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.
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Part ofAxon of nerve fiber
SystemNervous system
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Latinsegmentum internodale
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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