1. Tiffanie, Kassidi, Amaya
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Tiffanie, Kassidi, Amaya

2. What does a skeletal muscle contain?
Muscle Tissue
Connective Tissues
Blood Vessels
Nerves

3. Three connective tissues
Epimysium
Covers the entire muscle
Perimysium
Divides the muscle into bundles called Fascicles
Blood vessels and nerves are contained in the perimysium
Endomysium
Covers each muscle fiber and ties fibers together
Contains capillaries and nerve tissue

4. Blood Vessels and Nerves
The connective tissues of the epimysium and perimysium provide passageways for the blood vessels and nerves that are necessary for the functioning of muscle fibers
Muscle contraction requires tremendous amounts of energy
A network of blood vessels in skeletal muscle
Provides high amounts of nutrients and oxygen
To skeletal muscles which have high metabolic needs

5. Blood Vessels and Nerves
Skeletal muscles contract only under stimulation from the central nervous system
Axons penetrate the epimysium, branch through the perimysium, and enter the endomysium to control individual nerve fibers

7. Checkpoint Questions
2. Describe the connective tissue layers associated with a skeletal muscle.
3. How would severing a tendon attached to a muscle affect the muscles ability to move a body part?