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perimysium

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perimysium [‚per·ə′mī·sē·əm]
(anatomy)
The connective tissue sheath enveloping a muscle or a bundle of muscle fibers.


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As dissection continues, the perimysium is peeled off the muscle bundles until the perforator cleavage line is identified on the muscle.
[15,23-25] Based on the results of studies of the connective tissue arrangement of the perimysium of skeletal muscles,[41-43] increased amounts of relatively inextensible collagenous connective tissue should bring about greater tension per unit of length change, which should increase the PES of the muscles, particularly in the last half of the stretch ROM.
 
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