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| Structure of a skeletal muscle. (Fascicle labeled at bottom right.) | |
| Gray's | subject #103 373 |
In anatomy, a fascicle is a bundle of skeletal muscle fibers surrounded by perimysium, a type of connective tissue.
Specialized muscle fibers in the heart which transmit electrical impulses from the Atrioventricular Node (AV Node) to the Purkinje Fibers are fascicles, also referred to as bundle branches. These start as a single fascicle of fibers at the AV node called the Bundle of His that then splits into three bundle branches: the right fascicular branch, left anterior fascicular branch, and left posterior fascicular branch.
External links
- Fascicle at eMedicine Dictionary
- Histology at OU 77_04 - "Slide 77 skeletal muscle"
- Anatomy Atlases - Microscopic Anatomy, plate 05.83 - "Smooth Muscle"
- Diagram at kctcs.edu
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