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Endomysium |
Connective tissue wrapping that surrounds each fiber within muscle facicle |
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Perimysium |
Connective tissue wrapping that forms muscle fascicles within an individual muscleepi |
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Epimysium |
Connective tissue wrapping that surrounds each muscle in a muscle group |
Composed of sarcomeres |
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Myofibrils |
Rod like cytoskeleton structure which accounts for 80% of volume of a muscle fiber |
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A bands |
Dark wide striations where thick and thin myofilaments overlap |
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I bands |
Light and thin striations where only thin filaments exist |
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H zone |
light area which bisect the A band in a resting sarcomere |
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M line |
Dark line which bisects the H zone middle of sarcomere and is the support unit for thick filaments |
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Z line |
Irregular dark line which bisects the I band and is the support unit for thin filaments |
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