CT Sheaths - skeletal muscle

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What do the several CT sheaths do for muscles tissue

They support each cell ad reinforce and hold togeterh the msucle, preventing the muscles from bursting during exceptionally strong contractions

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What are the CT sheaths in skeletal muscle tissue

Epimysium, perimysium, and endomysium

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Describe the epimysium

Outermost layer; DICT that surrounds the entire muscle;

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Describe the perimysium

A layer of DICT that surrounds each fascicle

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What is a fascicle

group / bundle of muscle fibers

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Describe the endomysium

A wispy sheath of areolar CT that surrounds each muscle fibers within the fascicle.

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Are all of the CT sheaths of msucle tissue separate

No, they are continuous