{"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":"2026-09-22T16:47:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T19:47:35","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>Skeletal muscle fibers are organized into <strong>bundles, or fascicles<\/strong>, which are arranged in groups of increasing size to form the whole muscle.A small amount of loose connective tissue called the <strong>endomysium<\/strong> surrounds each individual muscle fiber. In the drawing, the endomysium is shown in red and is highlighted in green in the histological section. It contains small blood vessels, lymphatic vessels, and nerves that supply and innervate the muscle fibers.<\/p>\n<p>The entire muscle is surrounded by a layer of dense connective tissue called the <strong>epimysium<\/strong>, shown in pink in the drawing. <\/p>\n<p>A 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 stain, which makes the connective tissue easier to distinguish from the muscle fibers.<br \/>\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":28,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26172,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3627\/revisions\/26172"}],"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}]}}