Medical Definition of Red muscle

1. Slow-twitch muscle in which small dark "red" muscle fibres predominate; myoglobin is abundant and great numbers of mitochondria occur, characterised by slow, sustained (tonic) contraction. Contrast with white muscle. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Red Muscle

red lauan tree
red laver
red lead
red lead
red light
red line
red maids
red man
red mange
red maple
red marrow
red meat
red morning-glory
red mulberry
red mullet
red muscle (current term)
red neuralgia
Red Notice
red nucleus
red oak
red onion
red osier
red osier dogwood
red oxide of lead
red panda
red pepper
red periwinkle
red phalarope
red pimpernel
red pine

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