Small arteries providing blood supply to peripheral nerves
Not to be confused with Vascular nerves, (nervi vasorum) the nerves innervating arteries and veins.
Vasa nervorum are small arteries that provide blood supply to peripheral nerves, specifically to the interior parts of nerves,[1] and their coverings.[2]
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^Moore, Keith L.; Agur, Anne M.R.; Dalley, Arthur F. (2010). Clinically oriented anatomy (6th ed., [International ed.]. ed.). Philadelphia [etc.]: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Wolters Kluwer. p. 50. ISBN9781605476520.