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Periosteum

Tendons

Fascia

Perimysium

Epimysium

Fascicle

Endomysium

Muscle Cell

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are layers of dense connective tissue that covers most surfaces of bones (except the articular surfaces, as cartilage protects bone at joints).

It provides attachments for tendons, ligaments, provides nourishment to the bone (via blood supply) and plays an important role in the healing of fractures.

The inner contains osteoblasts and fewer blood vessels than the outer layer. The outer layer is very dense and includes many blood vessels. It is connected to the bone by strong collagenous fibres called sharpey's fibres.

are tough pale/whitish cords that attach muscles to bones.

They aid in the mechanical pull of muscles onto specific, small, areas of bone. This enables movement of bones relative to other bones, which allows efficient movement of the the body

They consist of water, type-I collagen, tenocytes cells and minor fibrillar collagens. Together, these components form many parallel bundles of collagen fibres that are inelastic (that is, they do not stretch in length), yet flexible (that is, they can move and adopt different shapes as needed)

is a thickened connective tissue that envelops a muscle or a group of muscles.

It consist of deep fibrous connective tissue that holds the muscles together.

There are two types of tissue; Superficial and deep. Superficial consists of areolar connective tissue and adipose tissue. Deep consists of dense fibrous connective tissue which holds the muscles together.

is a fibrous sheath that surrounds (cover) each bundle of single muscle fibres, the bundles being known as a fascicle.

It's function is "dividing" or "grouping" individual muscle fibres into bundles or fasciculi.

It contains mainly collagen, but also intramuscular fat (marbling), blood vessels and nerves that maintain blood flow and innervate the fascicles. Each fascicle receives branches of these blood vessels and nerve

is fibrous elastic tissue that surrounds each muscle.

It surrounds the muscle formed by groups of parallel fascicles.

It consists of dense connective tissue. Together with the perimysium and endomysium layers of connective tissue, it generally extend beyond the fleshy part of the muscle, forming a thick rope-like tendon or a broad, flat sheet-like aponeurosis.

is a bundle of skeletal muscle fibres.

It contains specialized fibres that help in the transmission of electrical impulses from the atrioventricular node to the purkinje fibres.

Each muscle fascicle (fibre) is further en-sheathed by an endomysium, or layer of connection tissue.

is a fine sheath of connective tissue layer of reticular fibres that surrounds (covers) each single muscle fibre.

Its function is to en-sheath each individual muscle fiber.

This layer includes includes blood vessels (capillaries), nerves and lympathics

perform the functions of the specific skeletal muscle of which they are a part.there are over 100,000 found in within skeletal muscles.

Its function is to to allow for body movement.

The outer layer is covered by a plasma membrane sheath known as a sarcolemma. The cytoplasm present within the muscle fibre is known as the sarcoplasm. Within the sarcoplasm are many mitochondria, which are the energy-producing units within the cell.

are the components of skeletal muscle cells that are particular to muscle tissue. These are cylindrical structures that extend along the complete length of the muscle fibre.

It functions within a unit of muscle, which aids in the ability of the muscle to contract. Muscles contract by sliding the thin (actin) and thick (myosin) filaments along each other.

Each consists of two types of protein filaments called thick filaments, and thin filaments. There are hundreds of myofibrils in each muscle fibre.