The slow twitch muscle fibre which are rich in myoglobin and have abundant mitochondria are

Options

A. white skeletal muscles
B. cardiac muscles
C. red skeletal muscles
D. involuntary muscles

Answer

C

Explanation

Muscle contian a red coloured pigment called myoglobin that stores oxygen. Some muscles have high content of myoglobin which gives them reddish appearance. Such muscle are called red muscles. Such muscles. Such muscles have abundant mitrochondria and show slow rate of contraction for long priods that's why they are called slow twitch muslces.