ANATOMY

GENERAL ANATOMY

MUSCLE ANATOMY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The connective tissue that covers the muscle cell or muscle fiber ____
A
perimysium
B
endomysium
C
epimysium
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The outermost connective tissue sheath surrounding the entire muscle is known as epimysium. The connective tissue sheath covering each fasciculus is known as perimysium, and the innermost sheath surrounding individual muscle fiber is known as endomysium.

Detailed explanation-2: -The endomysium, meaning within the muscle, is a wispy layer of areolar connective tissue that ensheaths each individual muscle fiber, or muscle cell. It also contains capillaries and nerves. It overlies the muscle fiber’s cell membrane: the sarcolemma.

Detailed explanation-3: -The endomysium is a delicate network of connective tissue, which surrounds individual muscle fibres and contains the vessels and nerves that supply the muscle fibres as well as the proteoglycan matrix for ion flux and metabolic exchange.

Detailed explanation-4: -Inside each fascicle, each muscle fiber is encased in a thin connective tissue layer of collagen and reticular fibers called the endomysium.

Detailed explanation-5: -The epimysium is the dense connective tissue that surrounds the entire muscle tissue. The epimysium usually contains many bundles (fascicles) of muscle fibers. 2. The perimysium is the connective tissue that surrounds each bundle of muscle fibers.

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