Answer:
Skeletal muscle
Explanation:
*Skeletal muscle* is the most abundant tissue in the vertebrae body. These muscles bring about the movement of the various bones of the skeleton, hence the name "Skeletal muscle ".The whole muscle ,such as the biceps, is enclosed in a sheath of connective tissue,the *Epimysium*. This sheath folds inwards into the substance of the muscle to surround a large number of smaller bundles,the fasciculi. These fasciculi consist of still smaller bundles of elongated, *cylindrical muscle cells*, the fibres. Each fibre is a syncytium i.e,a cell that *has many nuclei*. The nuclei are oval in shape and *found at the periphery of the cell*, just beneath the thin, elastic membrane (sarcolemma). The sarcoplasm has many alternating light and dark bands, giving the fibre a striped or *striated appearance (hence the name striated muscle*.
FUNCTIONS OF THE SKELETAL MUSCLE
1)Skeletal muscles *function in pairs to bring about co-ordinated movements of the limbs, trunk, jaws,eyeballs*, e.t.c.
2)Skeletal muscles are *directly involved in the breathing process*.
Therefore, the Skeletal muscle tissue consists of long, cylindrical, striated fibres with multiple nuclei located at the periphery of the fiber/cell.
