ANATOMY

GENERAL ANATOMY

MUSCLE ANATOMY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The connective tissue that surrounds individual fibers is:
A
perimysium
B
epimysium
C
endomysium
D
myomysium
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Each bundle of muscle fiber is called a fasciculus and is surrounded by a layer of connective tissue called the perimysium . Within the fasciculus, each individual muscle cell, called a muscle fiber, is surrounded by connective tissue called the endomysium.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -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-4: -This connective tissue covering is known as the endomysium (endon-greek for within). The collagen fibres of these connective tissue wrappings merge with the tendons, aponeuroses, or periosteum-the dense connective tissue structures that link the muscle to bone, on which the muscle pulls.

Detailed explanation-5: -The epimysium envelops entire muscles. Groups of muscle fibers are arranged in fasciculi that are separated by the perimysium, which is contiguous with the epimysium. The endomysium is a delicate network of connective tissue fibers, blood vessels, lymphatic vessels, and nerves that surrounds individual muscle fibers.

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