Alternating light and dark bands along long axis of muscle fibre = striated
Single muscle made of collection of single fibers
Tendon – attach muscle to bone
Connective tissue – surround whole muscle
Muscle fasciles – bundles of fibres

• Inside bundles is number of single muscle cells/fibres
  Skeletal fibre aka skeletal muscle cell
• 1 fibre = 1 cell
• Largest cells in body
• Several 100 nuclei along surface