chapter 10 Flashcards
skeletal muscles are referred to as
muscle fibers
Fascicles
bundles of muscle
fibers
three layers of connective tissue occur within
endomysium, perimysium and epimysium
endomysium
innermost
delicate
areolar surrounds and electrically insulates each muscle fiber
perimysium
sounds the fascicles
dense irregular connective tissue
blood vessels nad nerves
Epimysium
dense irregular
surrounds the whole skeletal muscle
deep facia
dense irregular tissue
separates individual muscles
binds together muslces
forms sheath
fills space between muslces
flat sheet formed from a tendon
aponeurosis
less mobile attachment
origin
more mobile attachted
insertion
2 main structures are unique to muscle fibers
t- tubules and sarcoplasmic retticulum
cytoplasm of muscle fiber
sarcoplasm
satelite cells fuse with damaged muscle fiber and assist in repair and regeneration
skeltal muslce injured
80& of volume of a muscle fiber is composed of long cylindrical structures
myofibrils
sacromere
functional contractile of a skeletal muscle fiber