Transverse Section Of Skeletal Muscle

So make sure you re looking at the muscles.
Transverse section of skeletal muscle. Skeletal muscle can be seen as a separate slide or as a part of other organs. Most of the small blood vessels are cut in cross section. This is a transverse section of an entire fetal forearm and contains many elements in addition to the muscle such as nerves and tendons both of which are unfortunately simlarly bundled into fascicles and therefore easily confused with muscle.
Cardiac muscle slide 78 heart muscular interventricular septum. Ition to the muscle such as nerves and tendons both of which are unfortunately simlarly bundled into fascicles and therefore easily confused with muscle. Note the perimysium in between two adjacent fasciculi and the small blood vessels within this.
The dark purple nuclei can be seen on the edges of the muscle fibres. Also observe fiber bundles which are cut in longitudinal oblique and transverse section. Note the acidophilic fibers that change direction frequently.
The transverse section usually runs between the lateral ends of an organism from left to right or. This picture shows a transverse section through skeletal muscle. Figure 3 skeletal muscle transverse section.
This is a transverse section of an entire fetal forearm and contains many elements in. Muscle cells are much longer than they are broad and present different appearances in transverse and longitudinal sections. If you cut a muscle transversely like this then you can see the roughly circular outline of the individual muscle fibres.
Skeletal muscle is the easiest to start with. Cross section focusing on the individual muscle fibers note the peripherally placed nuclei which are characteristic of skeletal muscle and the fibrillar texture of the sarcoplasm. The longitudinal section of a skeletal muscle will show the muscle fibres with their important regions which makes it very easy to understand the mechanism of muscle contraction and relaxation.