Connective tissue structures of human skeletal muscle and their significance in the biomechanics of the body
Khoroshkov, I.A.; Odintsova, N.A.
Arkhiv Anatomii Gistologii i Embriologii 95(12): 41-48
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-1947 PMID: 3248050 Document Number: 322689
By means of light optic and electron microscopy (SAM, TAM) histoconstruction of the connective tissue structures of the human skeletal muscles have been investigated and its analysis has been performed from biomechanical point of view. Fibrillar elements of the connective tissue are demonstrated to play an important role in structural adaptation of the skeletal muscle, as the organ, performing certain mechanical functions. The data obtained makes it possible to formulate the state, that the fibrillar network of the connective tissue is a polyfunctional system, that ensures integration of the structural elements of the muscle, transmission of mechanical strains, is the carcass of the organ and participates in formation of its buffer and amortizational mechanisms. The integration mechanisms of the main functional elements of the muscle belly, tendons and fascia to a great extent are of a unification character.