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| dense layer of connective tissue surrounding individual muscles |
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| membranous layer of connective tissue that invests the muscles and other deep structures |
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| membranous layer of connective tissue that invests the muscles and other deep structures |
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| the interface between the motor neuron and the muscle fiber |
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| single neuron and all the muscle fibers it innervates |
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| muscle which contracts isometrically and stabilizes the origin of the prime mover, does not produce movement itself |
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| a muscle that opposes the action of the prime mover; see protagonist |
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| aka prime mover or agonist; chief muscle or group responsible for a particular movement |
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| groups of muscles that contract to stabilize the intermediate joints crossed by a prime mover |
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| produce movements of the skeleton/ voluntary muscles |
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| unites dermis to underlying deep fascia |
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| an interdigitation of the tendonous ends of the fibers of flat muscles |
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| strong sheet of fibrous tissue that sometimes attaches flat muscles to bones, cartilage, or ligaments |
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| fibrous tissue that connects muscles to bones, cartilage, or ligaments |
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| When a tendon is surrounded by a synovial sheath, a mesotendon suspends it within the bursa and enables blood vessels to enter that tendon along its course |
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| fibrous envelope of areolar tissue on surface of muscle fibers |
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| striated muscle fibers that branch and unite with each other; forms the myocardium of the heart |
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| long, spindle shaped cells that are closely arranged in bundles or sheets; helps peristalsis |
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| muscles containing fibers that run obliquely to the line of pull; resemble a feather |
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| muscle with muscle fibers passing obliquely to tendon on the side |
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| muscle with a central tendon and muscle fibers passing to it from two sides |
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| either a series of bipennate muscles lying alongside each other or a central tendon with converging fibers coming from all sides |
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