MUSCLE

MCO 0031 Muscle Composite

Epithelial layer

Skeletal Muscle

Cardiac muscle

Smooth muscle

Skeletal Muscle

MCO 0031 Smooth Muscle

nuclei

MCO 0031 Cardiac muscle

nuclei

Myofibers

= muscle cells

LH0046

Skeletal

Muscle

I bands

A bands

A bands

A H

M

I zz

UTN 079

Tongue:

Skeletal Muscle Fibers

MCO 0009Longitudinal Section

Cross Section

TENDON

Muscle Tendon Junction

SL 077

Tendon

Skeletal Muscle

MCW 206 Neuromuscular Synapse

Motor End Organs

Motor end plate

axon

Terminal branch

MCO 0041

UW 127

Muscle Spindle

(in between intrafusal fibers)

Nuclear chain fibers

Intrafusal fibers

CT capsule

Motor End Plate

0030

Skeletal Muscle, Myoglobin