Red muscles have abundant
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Lactic acid and acetic acid
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Glucose and haemoglobin
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Relaxin and myosin
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Myoglobin and cytochrome
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None of the above
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Correct answer
Explanation
- Muscle is a bundle of fibrous tissue in a body that has the ability to contract, producing movement in or maintaining the position of parts of the body.
- Muscles appear in red color due to a pigment called myoglobin. Myoglobin receives oxygen from the red blood cells and transports it to the mitochondria of muscle cells, where the oxygen is used in cellular respiration to produce energy.
- Cytochrome is a protein associated with the inner membrane of mitochondria. As the number of mitochondria is abundant in red fibers thus represents the abundance of cytochrome in red muscles.
- Hence red muscles are rich in myoglobin and cytochrome.
- So, the correct answer is 'Myoglobin and cytochrome'.