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epimysium

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epimysium /epi·mys·i·um/ (-mis´e-um) the fibrous sheath around an entire skeletal muscle.
ep·i·mys·i·um (p-mz-m, -mzh-)
n. pl. ep·i·mys·i·a (-mz-, -mzh-)
The external sheath of connective tissue surrounding a muscle.
epimysium
[ep′imiz′ē·əm]
Etymology: Gk, epi + mys, muscle
the outermost fibrous sheath that covers a muscle, continuous with the perimysium. It is sturdy in some areas but more delicate in others, such as those areas where the muscle moves freely under a strong sheet of fascia. The epimysium may also fuse with fascia that attaches a muscle to a bone.
epimysium
the fibrous sheath around an entire skeletal muscle.


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[19] This means that passive muscle (muscle fibers, epimysium, and perimysium) is 4 orders of magnitude more compliant than is tendon.
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[24] Stolov WC, Weilepp TG: Passive length-tension relationship of intact muscle, epimysium, and tendon in normal and denervated gastrocnemius of the rat.
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