Question

Match the separating membranes with the appropriate structures in a muscle.

• A. Perimysium
• B. Epimysium
• C. Endomysium

Answer 1

Myofibrils are enclosed within endomysium, fascicles are enclosed within perimysium, and the entire muscle is covered with epimysium.

Epimysium - thick layer of collagenous connective tissue that separates large bundles of muscle.

Perimysium - collagenous connective tissue that separates smaller bundles of muscle cells called fascicles.

Endomysium - Thinner layer of connective tissue that seperates individual muscle cells. It is present outside the sarcolemma.