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Endomysium |
Areolar connective tissue covering a single muscle fiber |
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Perimysium |
collagenic tissue covering a group of muscle fibers called a fascicle |
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Fascicle |
a group of muscle fibers |
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Epimysium |
Dense connective tissue covering a skeletal muscle (or a group of fascicles) |
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Sarcolemma |
Plasma membrane of muscles |
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myofibrils |
subunit of a myofiber |
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myofilament |
subunit of a myofibril Composed of two varieties of contractile proteins (actin and myosin). |
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Actin and myosin |
contractile proteins that slide past each other to contract muscles. |
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Transverse tubule |
formed at the junction of the A and I bands, indent into the muscle cell |
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Terminal cisterns |
cross channels on a muscle fiber |
