Skeletal Muscles

Skeletal muscles hold the skeleton together and give the body its shape. They help the body move. Each skeletal muscle is composed with thousands of cylindrical muscle fibers. Each muscle fiber skeletal muscle fiber has many elements called nuclei. Skeletal muscles are voluntary muscles, which means you control what they do. The skeletal muscles work together with your bones to give your body strength and power. Skeletal muscles usually attach to a bone, then to a joint, and then to another bone. Skeletal muscles are held to your bones with tendons. These muscles work together to help your body move.