| Chapter 8 Muscular System |
|The Muscles: Each muscle is an organ, comprised of skeletal __muscle__ tissue, several ___connective____ tissue coverings, __nervous_ tissue to cause it |
|to contract, and __blood___ to nourish it. |
| Connective Tissue coverings: |
|The muscle has several dense connective coverings. |
|Layers of dense connective tissue, called __fascia___, surround and separate each muscle. |
|This connective tissue extends beyond the ends of the muscle and gives rise to cord like |
|__tendons___ that are fused to the periosteum of bones. |
|Sometimes muscles are connected to each other by broad sheets of connective tissue called |
|___aponeuroses___ |
|Under the outer layer another layer of connective tissue around each whole muscle is called the |
|___epimysium__.