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Based on the organization of axons within a peripheral nerve, one might logically think that axons are located more superficially when their pathway is short and more centrally when their trajectory is more extensive. However, this is not the case.
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Reina, M.A., Fernández Domínguez, M., Tardieu, I. (2015). Origin of the Fascicles and Intraneural Plexus. In: Reina, M., De Andrés, J., Hadzic, A., Prats-Galino, A., Sala-Blanch, X., van Zundert, A. (eds) Atlas of Functional Anatomy for Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09522-6_6
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