Answer:
There are
basically two kinds of muscle fibers
(i) Red
muscles (ii) White muscles
Red muscles
work for a longer time continuously because
(i) These
muscle fibres are dark red which is due to the presence of red haemoprotein called
myoglobin. Myoglobin binds and stores oxygen as oxymyoglobin in the red fibres.
Oxymyoglobin releases oxygen for utilisation during muscle contraction.
(ii) Mitochondria
are more in number, hence they work for long periods of time.
(iii) Red
muscles have less sarcoplasmic reticulum.
(iv) They
carry out considerable aerobic oxidation without accumulating much lactic acid.
Thus, red
muscle fibres can contract for a longer period without fatigue.
(v) These
muscle fibres have slow rate of contraction for long periods.
e.g.,
extensor muscles of the human back.
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