Muscle bundles or fascicles are held together by a common collagenous tissue layer called

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Fascia

The skeletal muscles have a number of muscle bundles or fascicles within them. These fascicles are made up of numerous muscle fibres. A group of these fascicles are held together by fascia. This fascia is a collagenous connective tissue sheath.

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Statement 1: Muscle fibres that are seen in the form of bundles in the muscle tissue are called fascicles.

Statement 2: Each muscle fibre has 40 - 80 myofibrils.

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