See Also: segmentum internodale(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
segmentum(medicine)
segmentum anterius(medicine)
segmentum inferius(medicine)
segmentum bronchopulmonale(medicine)
segmentum laterale(medicine)
segmentum apicale(medicine)
segmentum apicoposterius(medicine)
segmentum cardiacum(medicine)

neurotmesis (medicine) and segmentum internodale (medicine)


neurotmesis (medicine)


neurotmesis


A type of axon loss lesion resulting from focal peripheral nerve injury in which, at the lesion site, the nerve stroma is damaged to varying degrees, as well as the axon and myelin, which degenerate from that point distally; with the most severe neurotmesis lesions, the gross continuity of the nerve is disrupted.

See: axonotmesis, neurapraxia.


segmentum internodale (medicine)


segmentum internodale -->
internodal segment


The portion of a myelinated nerve fibre between two successive nodes.

Synonym: interannular segment, internode, Ranvier's segment, segmentum internodale.