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Skeletal muscle is a type of striated muscle tissue that is primarily responsible for voluntary movements in the body. It is encased in a connective tissue structure called fascia, which helps support and protect the muscle, as well as facilitate movement by allowing muscles to slide smoothly against each other and surrounding tissues. The fascia also plays a role in transmitting force generated by the muscle to the bones, enabling movement of the skeletal system. Overall, fascia provides a framework that contributes to both the function and stability of skeletal muscles.
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What is deep to the deep fascia?
where is the deep fascia located on a diagramph of a skeletal muscle
What type of muscle has dense connective tissue?
They all do: Skeletal, Cardiac, & smooth
Just deep to the deep fascia?
epimysium in the skeletal muscle, plasma membrane of the muscle cell is not sarcoplasm but rather sarcolemma
What is the structure that covers an entire skeletal muscle and separates muscles from each other?
The epimysium.
What is the term used when referring to skeletal muscle and their related fascia within the muscular system?
Myofascial
What type of dense regular connective tissue connects the skin to the underlying skeletal muscle?
Fascia
Do Epimysium surround an entire muscle?
No, only endomysium. Likewise for Cardiac muscle. Skeletal muscle is the only one with epimysium (which is continuous with fascia) perimysium and endomysium.
What is the connective tissue membrane that covers skeletal muscles?
This is the fascia, which is actually composed of three separate levels. There is one layer that wraps around each muscle fiber, another layer that wraps around each muscle bundle and then a final layer that wraps around the whole muscle.
How is an individual skeletal muscle separated from adjacent muscles?
by a layer of dense connective tissue called fascia Robert Lee Ph. D
What joins the skeletal muscle to the bone?
Tendons are type of dense regular connective tissue that is continuous with the fascia associated with muscle tissue (endomysium, perimysium, and epimysium) that connects the skeletal muscle to bone.
Skeletal muscles are held to the bones with the help of?
Fascia, a connective tissue that is very strong and wraps all the muscle cells.
Is a tendon or a fascia a continuation of the muscle fiber?
fascia
