Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The sheath of connective tissue enveloping bundles of muscle fibers.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The outer investment or sheath of areolar tissue which surrounds a muscle, sending inward partitions between the fasciculi.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) The connective tissue sheath which surrounds a muscle, and sends partitions inwards between the bundles of muscular fibers.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A layer of
connective tissue which surrounds several muscle fibers into bundles.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the sheath of connective tissue that covers a bundle of muscle fibers
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Striped or voluntary muscle is composed of bundles of fibers each enclosed in a delicate web called the perimysium in contradistinction to the sheath of areolar tissue which invests the entire muscle, the epimysium.
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Groups of fibers lie parallel to each other and each is enclosed in a membrane called perimysium.
Muscles Part 1 2008
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The perimysium and the tendon are thus the means through which the fiber cells in any muscle-organ are made to _pull together_ upon the same part of the body
Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools Francis M. Walters
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Fig. 109 — * Diagram* of a section of a muscle, showing the perimysium and the bundles of fiber cells.
Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools Francis M. Walters
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By uniting with the bone at one end and blending with the perimysium and fiber bundles at the other, the tendon forms a very secure attachment for the muscle.
Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools Francis M. Walters
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Furthermore, the surface perimysium and that within the muscle are both continuous with the strong, white cords, called _tendons_, that connect the muscles with the bones.
Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools Francis M. Walters
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* The tendons connect at one end with the bones and at the other end with the fiber cells and perimysium.
Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools Francis M. Walters
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* — The plan of the muscle-organ is revealed through a study of the perimysium.
Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools Francis M. Walters
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The sheaths on the Recti are gradually lost in the perimysium, but they give off important expansions.
X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1c. 3. The Accessory Organs of the Eye 1918
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Each fasciculus is made up of a strand of fibers, which also run parallel with each other, and are separated from one another by a delicate connective tissue derived from the perimysium and termed endomysium.
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