PARTS OF A SKELETAL MUSCLE

Question 1

it is a dense sheet or broad band of irregular connective tissue that lines the body wall and
limbs and supports and surrounds muscles and other organs of the body

Answer 1

Fascia

Question 2

Three layers of connective tissue

Answer 2

Epimysium.
Perimysium.
Endomysium.

Question 3

surrounds groups of 10 to 100 or more muscle fibers, separating them into bundles
called

Answer 3

fascicles.

Question 4

Penetrates the interior of each fascicle and separates individual muscle fibers from
one another.

Answer 4

Endomysium

Question 5

it is a thick dense connective tissue that surrounds the entire skeletal muscle.

Answer 5

Epimysium.

Question 6

elongated, multinuclear
cells composed of several myofibrils.

Answer 6

Muscle fiber

Question 7

long, cylindrical filament bundles in the sarcoplasm of myocytes.

Answer 7

Myofibril

Question 8

thin but dense connective tissue that wraps fascicles

Answer 8

Perimysium

Question 9

bundle of skeletal muscle
that is surrounded by perimysium.

Answer 9

Fascicle

Question 10

The outermost layer of dense, irregular connective tissue, encircling the entire muscle

Answer 10

Epimysium.