Muscle Microanatomy
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covering that surrounds the entire muscle
epimysium
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a bundle of muscle cells
fascicle
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covering that surrounds fascicles
perimysium
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covering that surrounds individual muscle fiber
endomysium
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Many of these put together forms a muscle fiber
made out of bundles of myofilaments
allow muscles to contract
Myofibril
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2 types:
1. Actin - thin filaments
2. Myosin - think filaments
Myofilament
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AB- Where you only find thin filaments
I band (diagram)
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AD- thin filament
Actin (diagram)
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AE- boundary between two sarcomeres
z line (diagram)
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BC- entire functional unit of muscle
Sarcomere (diagram)
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AC- portion of sarcomere containing both actin and myosin
A Band (diagram)
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BD- thick filament
Myosin (diagram)
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