{"id":3627,"date":"2017-12-04T21:39:09","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T23:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en-mol.icb.usp.br\/?page_id=3627"},"modified":"2026-08-01T13:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T16:13:09","slug":"8-6-muscle-tissue","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/8-6-muscle-tissue\/","title":{"rendered":"8-6 Muscle tissue"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"su-row\">\n  <div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-1\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"> <strong>SKELETAL MUSCLE &#8211; 6<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> <\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-row\">\n  <div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"> <strong> Arrangement of the skeletal muscle fibers in muscles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Most groups of skeletal muscle fibers of the body are organized into bundles of different complexity levels.<br \/>\nA small amount of loose connective tissue is placed between the muscle fibers called the <strong>endomysium <\/strong> (in red in the drawing and highlighted in the image of the histological section). This connective tissue contains the blood vessels, lymphatic vessels, and nerves that nourish and innervate the cells.<br \/>\nA layer of dense connective tissue called <strong>perimysium<\/strong> surrounds bundles muscle fibers (in green in the drawing and highlighted in the section).<br \/>\nThe whole muscle is surrounded by a layer of dense, regular connective tissue, called <strong>epimysium<\/strong> (in pink in the drawing).<\/p>\n<p>The lower image shows a cross-section of skeletal muscle stained with a trichrome dye that helps to distinguish connective tissue.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n  <div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-6-A-en.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<div onclick>\n<div class=\"image-container\">\n<div class=\"extra\">\n<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\" https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-6-B.jpg \" onmouseover=\"this.src=' https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-6-B-MO-en.jpg'\" onmouseout=\"this.src=' https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-6-B.jpg'\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Skeletal muscle. Staining: Masson&#8217;s trichrome. Small magnification.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/mouse-1.gif\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/8-7-muscle-tissue\/\">NEXT PAGE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/8-5-muscle-tissue\/\">PREVIOUS PAGE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/8-0-muscle-tissue\/\">MENU OF THIS CHAPTER<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/body><br \/>\n<\/html> <\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3627","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3627"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23691,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3627\/revisions\/23691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}