Structure of Skeletal Muscle Explained in simple terms

skeletal muscles come in different shapes and sizes but the main structure of a skeletal muscle cell is basically the same if we were to take a cross section of a single muscle we would find it is covered in a protective sheath or layer called the epimysium the epimysium protects the muscle from friction against other muscles and Bones it also continues at the end of the muscle to form along with other connective tissues the tendon which attaches the muscle to the Bone each muscle is made up of a number of bundles of muscle fibers called fasciculi the fasciculiae are contained within another connective tissue called the paramecium each bundle of muscle fibers contains anywhere from 10 and 100 individual fibers a large strong muscle such as those in the quadriceps group would have a large number of fibers within each bundle a smaller muscle used for precision movement such as those in the hand would contain far fewer muscle fibers in each bundle each muscle fiber is also covered in a fibrous connective layer of tissues called the endomysium which insulates