What does a human nerve look like? Also how can a surgeon move it?

Answer 1

Major nerves are easily located structures that look a bit like white-gray cable, but soft to touch. The larger nerves have vessels on the surface(vaso nervosum). As nerves branch they become smaller and more threadlike, though still well defined structures.

Nerves can be moved in a couple of ways depending on the reason. If you need to get a nerve out of an area of pressure (transposition), the nerve can be freed from the surrounding tissue and literally moved over a few centimeters, creating a gentle curve above and below. If you need a piece of nerve to fill in a gap, you have to sacrifice a nerve somewhere else. A sensory (sensation) nerve, such as the sural nerve can be sacrificed at the cost of numbness of the outside edge of the foot. The donor nerve is dissected along as much of the length as needed and then cut free at both ends. The nerve is then placed in the gap and sewed in using a microscope and (obviously) very fine suture. The nerve will regrow over a very long period of time (months to years). The result is never as good as the original nerve, but can be much better than no nerve at all

Answer 2

It looks like a very slender white thread. A surgeon can move it like anything else physical - just push against it, or pick it up and put it somewhere else.

Answer 3

I looks a lot like small or medium sized coarse string. It can easily be detached from its location and moved, but I am curious why you would want one moved.

Answer 4

They are white bands, sometimes not very slender, and they can be moved once you uncover them, are u speaking of carpal tunnel syndrome surgery?

Answer 5

grissly sinew,and with a magnifying glass