MICROANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Introduction. Myofibrils are long contractile fibres, groups of which run parallel to each other on the long axis of the myocytes (long single multinucleated cells that combine to form the muscle).

Detailed explanation-2: -A myofibril (also known as a muscle fibril or sarcostyle) is a basic rod-like organelle of a muscle cell. Skeletal muscles are composed of long, tubular cells known as muscle fibers, and these cells contain many chains of myofibrils.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sarcomeres. A sarcomere is the functional unit (contractile unit) of a muscle fiber. As illustrated in Figure 2-5, each sarcomere contains two types of myofilaments: thick filaments, composed primarily of the contractile protein myosin, and thin filaments, composed primarily of the contractile protein actin.

Detailed explanation-4: -The sarcomere is the main contractile unit of muscle fiber in the skeletal muscle. Each sarcomere is composed of protein filaments (myofilaments) that include mainly the thick filaments called myosin, and thin filaments called actin. The bundles of myofilaments are called myofibrils.

Detailed explanation-5: -The name of the elongated bundles of contractile proteins that fill the cytoplasm in skeletal muscle fibers is myofibril.