Endomysium

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Endomysium

Structure of a skeletal muscle. (Endomysium labeled at bottom center.)
Gray's	subject #103 373

The endomysium, literally meaning within the muscle, is a layer of connective tissue that ensheaths a muscle fiber and is composed mostly from reticular fibers. It also contains capillaries, nerves and lymphatics.

The term "cardiac skeleton" is sometimes considered synonymous with endomysium, but sometimes it refers to the combination of the endomysium and perimysium.

External links

UIUC Histology Subject 777
Endomysium at eMedicine Dictionary
Illustration at wku.edu
Organology at UC Davis Musculoskeletal/muscle/skeletal1/skeletal3
MedEd at Loyola histo/practical/muscle/hp7-42.html

v • d • e Histology: muscle tissue

skeletal muscle/general	epimysium, fascicle, perimysium, endomysium, muscle fiber (intrafusal, extrafusal), myofibril sarcomere (a, i, and h bands; z and m lines), myofilaments (thin filament/actin, thick filament/myosin, elastic filament/titin, nebulin), tropomyosin, troponin (T, C, I) costamere (dystrophin, α,β-dystrobrevin, syncoilin, synemin/desmuslin, dysbindin, sarcoglycan, dystroglycan, sarcospan), desmin neuromuscular junction, motor unit, muscle spindle, excitation-contraction coupling, sliding filament mechanism myoblast, satellite cell, sarcoplasm, sarcolemma, sarcoplasmic reticulum, T-tubule

cardiac muscle	myocardium, intercalated disc, nebulette

smooth muscle	calmodulin, vascular smooth muscle