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The Peripheral Nerve Vasculature

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Nutrient arteries arise from major vessels and penetrate the nerve trunk roughly perpendicular to its axis. These vessels are highly variable in caliber (up to 1 mm) and in location, both between and within (from side to side) individuals. The median and ulnar nerves, for example, have 1–11 (mean 3.24) and 2–19 (mean 7.75) such nutrient arteries in their forearm segments, respectively. After entering the nerve trunk, the nutrient vessels divide into longitudinal ascending and descending branches and supply several arrays of vessels which run along the nerve and interconnect via oblique or laterally directed channels.

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    Juan M. Bilbao MD, FRCP (C) (Professor Emeritus of Neuropathology)

  2. Division of Neuropathology Department of Pathology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA

    Robert E. Schmidt MD, PhD (Professor of Pathology and Immunology Director)

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Bilbao, J.M., Schmidt, R.E. (2015). The Peripheral Nerve Vasculature. In: Biopsy Diagnosis of Peripheral Neuropathy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07311-8_6

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