Dr.Bendersky has published a new book which discusses anti-Semitism, entitled The Jewish Threat - anti-Semitic Politics of the U.S. Army (Basic Books, N.Y., 2000). The book is so provocative that it will stimulate great discussion.
Muscle cells have three coverings. The endomysium covers each individual muscle cell. The perimysium is a connective tissue sheath that covers small bundles of muscle cells known as fascicles. The fascicles make up larger muscle bundles that are then covered by a connective tissue sheath known as the perimysium.
Connective tissue from this outer sheath extends into the body of the muscle, subdividing it into columns, or fascicles (these are the strings in stringy meat). Each of these fascicles is thus surrounded by its own connective tissue sheath, which is known as the perimysium (peri = around).Dissection of a muscle fascicle under a microscope reveals that it, in turn, is composed of many muscle fibers, or myofibers.ach is surrounded by a plasma membrane, or sarcolemma, enveloped by a thin connective tissue layer called an endomy-sium (fig. 12.1). Since the connective tissue of the tendons, epimysium, perimysium, and endomysium is continuous, muscle fibers do not normally pull out of the tendons when they contract.