Structure of skeletal muscle

Question 1

What does epimysium do?

Answer 1

Connective tissue
outer part of muscle
separates each skeletal muscle

Question 2

What does the perimysium do?

Answer 2

extends inwards from epimysium

surrounds skeletal muscle fibres

Question 3

What does the endomysium do?

Answer 3

Covers each individual muscle

Question 4

What are fascicles?

Answer 4

skeletal muscle fibres

Question 5

What inside myofibril?

Answer 5

filaments

Question 6

Describe sarcoplasm

Answer 6

myofibril in it
is the cytoplasm
lots of mitochondria

Question 7

What is the sarcolemma

Answer 7

cell membrane

Question 8

What are the two filaments

Answer 8

thin filaments (actin)
Thick filaments (myosin)

Question 9

What do the filaments make up?

Answer 9

Light and dark bands

Run parallel with each other