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Muscle fascicle information


Muscle fascicle
Structure of a skeletal muscle. (Fascicle labeled at bottom right.)
Details
Part ofSkeletal muscle
Identifiers
Latinfasiculus muscularis
TA22006
THH3.03.00.0.00003
Anatomical terminology
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A muscle fascicle is a bundle of skeletal muscle fibers surrounded by perimysium, a type of connective tissue.[1]

  1. ^ Damjanov, Ivan (2009-01-01), Damjanov, Ivan (ed.), "Chapter 21 - Skeletal Muscles", Pathology Secrets (Third Edition), Philadelphia: Mosby, pp. 434–447, doi:10.1016/b978-0-323-05594-9.00021-0, ISBN 978-0-323-05594-9, retrieved 2020-11-04

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