What is the general structure of skeletal muscle?

Although skeletal muscle cells vary in shape and size, the basic structure of a skeletal muscle cell remains unchanged. If you took one whole muscle and cut through it, you would find that the muscle is covered with a layer of connective muscle tissue known as the epimisium. Episium protects muscles from friction against other muscles and bones. A large, strong muscle will have a large number of fibers in each set. A smaller muscle used for precision movement, such as in the arm, will contain much fewer fibers. Each muscle fiber itself contains cylindrical organelles known as myofibers.