Epimysium is a layer of connective tissue which ensheaths the entire muscle. It is composed of dense irregular connective tissue. It is continuous with fascia and other connective tissue wrappings of muscle including the endomysium, and perimysium. It is also continuous with tendons where it becomes thicker and collagenous. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimysium ]
Synonyms: fascia of muscle organ
Term information
- NCIT:C32527
- UMLS:C0504096 (ncithesaurus:Epimysium)
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimysium
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0504096
- FMA:9726
Term relations
- mesoderm-derived structure
- dense irregular connective tissue
- continuous_with some tendon
- bounding layer of some skeletal muscle organ
- part of some skeletal muscle tissue