The nerves outside of the brain and spinal cord, including the autonomic, cranial, and spinal nerves. Peripheral nerves contain non-neuronal cells and connective tissue as well as axons. The connective tissue layers include, from the outside to the inside, the epineurium, the perineurium, and the endoneurium.
    

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Peripheral nerve showing Schwann cells.

Surgical disorders of the peripheral nerves / [Herbert Sedden].

Morfologi︠︡ia perifericheskoĭ nervnoĭ sistemy / [red ak︠t︡sionnai︠a︡ kollegi︠︡ia A.P. Amvros'ev and others].

The cell of Schwann / by Gilbert Causey.

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Peripheral nerve showing Schwann cells.

Surgical disorders of the peripheral nerves / [Herbert Sedden].

Peripheral nerve showing Schwann cells.

Morfologi︠︡ia perifericheskoĭ nervnoĭ sistemy / [red ak︠t︡sionnai︠a︡ kollegi︠︡ia A.P. Amvros'ev and others].

The cell of Schwann / by Gilbert Causey.