- Muscle architecture, including fiber length and physiological cross-sectional area, determines its main functional properties of force production and excursion. Architecture is tuned by the sarcomere length operating range. - Muscle architectural properties are plastic and can adapt through processes like limb lengthening or cerebral palsy. This adaptation occurs through changes in fiber length and number. - Satellite cells are the main cell type responsible for muscle repair, regeneration, growth, and hypertrophy. Their numbers and types may be affected by factors like age and the extent of regeneration required. - Understanding muscle architecture and adaptation at the cellular level can help address problems in sports medicine and develop new injury treatments.