endomysium
Sign in to saveThe endomysium, meaning within the muscle, is a wispy layer of areolar connective tissue that ensheaths each individual muscle fiber, or muscle cell. It also contains capillaries and nerves. It overlies the muscle fiber's cell membrane: the sarcolemma. Endomysium is the deepest and smallest component of muscle connective tissue. This thin layer helps provide an appropriate chemical environment for the exchange of calcium, sodium, and potassium, which is essential for the excitation and subsequent contraction of a muscle fiber.
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Key facts
- Anatomy.Name
- Endomysium
- Anatomy.Image
- Skeletal_muscle_svg_hariadhi.svg
- Anatomy.Caption
- Structure of a skeletal muscle. (Endomysium labeled at bottom center.)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- connective tissue
- Material used
- collagen
- Image
- Illu muscle structure.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Clinical significance
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The endomysium, meaning within the muscle, is a wispy layer of areolar connective tissue that ensheaths each individual muscle fiber, or muscle cell. It also contains capillaries and nerves. It overlies the muscle fiber's cell membrane: the sarcolemma. Endomysium is the deepest and smallest component of muscle connective tissue. This thin layer helps provide an appropriate chemical environment for the exchange of calcium, sodium, and potassium, which is essential for the excitation and subsequent contraction of a muscle fiber.
Endomysium combines with perimysium and epimysium to create the collagen fibers of tendons, providing the tissue connection between muscles and bones by indirect attachment. It connects with perimysium using intermittent perimysial junction plates.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “endomysium” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.