The larger arteries and veins in skeletal muscle run through the perimysium, connective tissue between groups of skeletal muscle fibers.

The capillaries run in the endomysium. ("Blood vessels flow through, and only through, connective tissue.")

This is the perimysium between two groups of skeletal muscle fibers.

With your study partners, find:

• the skeletal muscle fibers


• the endomysium (wisps of collagen between the skeletal muscle fibers)


• the perimysium


• an artery and a vein, both cut longitudinally, in the perimysium

Hotshots:

Find some red cells in the capillaries of the endomysium. We didn't label these.

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