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The connective-tissue sheath that surrounds a muscle and sends partitions inward.

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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...
  • Groups of fibers lie parallel to each other and each is enclosed in a membrane called perimysium.
  • 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.
  • The sheaths on the Recti are gradually lost in the perimysium, but they give off important expansions.
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