Which of the following tissues makes up the outermost layer of skeletal muscle?

Skeletal muscle is organized in layers of connective tissue. NASM’s CPT7 Study Guide explains that the epimysium is the inner layer of fascia that directly surrounds an entire muscle, often referred to as “deep fascia”. This makes it the outermost layer covering the muscle as a whole. Beneath it, muscles are divided into bundles called fascicles, each wrapped in perimysium, and within those, individual muscle fibers are surrounded by endomysium. Thus, the epimysium is the correct choice when referring to the outermost covering of skeletal muscle.