microscopic filaments that make up a muscle cell.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            Contractile protein fibrils of muscle cells, composed of many myofilaments.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            Striated contractile microfilaments in skeletal muscle cells. PICTURE
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            Elements of muscle containing thick and thin filaments organized into sarcomeres.