| 单词 | red muscle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasred muscle red muscle n. Physiology and Anatomy skeletal muscle composed of fibres rich in mitochondria and myoglobin, rendering it dark in colour and capable of slow, sustained contraction; a muscle of this kind. ΚΠ 1860 F. Chance tr. R. Virchow Cellular Pathol. viii. 56 One of the preparations of red muscle which I have placed before you exhibits an appearance which is also pathologically interesting. 1874 Lancet 25 Nov. 736/2 After death the red muscles lose their excitability sooner than the white. 1956 Amer. Heart Jrnl. 52 631 The greater capacity for respiratory metabolism in red muscle, and the greater capacity for anaerobic, glycolytic processes in the white one. 1997 G. S. Helfman et al. Diversity of Fishes xvii. 303/1 To sustain continual swimming, pelagics have the highest proportion of red muscle among ecological groups of fishes. < as lemmas |
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