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Skeletal Muscle
UC MED 2015
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Medical
Graduate
05/17/2012

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The smallest contractile unit of skeletal muscle is a multinucleated, elongated cell called a...
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-Myofiber or muscle fiber
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A bundle of linearly aligned muscle fibers forms a...
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fascicle
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The whole muscle is contained within an external sheath extending from the tendons called the...
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epimysium
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Fascicles within the muscle are enveloped by a sheath called the...
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perimysium
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Single muscle fibers within individual fascicles are surrounded by a sheath called the...
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Endomysium
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Beneath the endomysium surrounding each muscle fiber is the plasma membrane of the muscle cell called the...
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sarcolemma
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