what are red and white muscles?
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Red muscles have slow-twitch fibers which can contract slowly for a long period of time without fatigue. ... White muscles have fewer capillaries, myoglobin, and mitochondria. They have fast-twitch fibers, which can contract really fast, with a lot of force, but not for very long.
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Muscles, the organs of the muscular system are the specialized cells which are responsible for the movement and locomotion. Human body contains more than 600 muscles and constitutes 43% of the body weight. Muscles are characterized by properties such as excitability, contractility, extensibility and elasticity. In humans , the muscles are broadly classified into skeletal muscles, smooth muscles and cardiac muscles.
Based on the color the skeletal muscles are classified into two types. They are red muscle(red meat or slow muscle) and white muscle (white meat or fast muscle