muscle fibre
Britishnoun
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Age-related loss of a specific fast-twitch muscle fibre subtype, key for explosive muscle performance, was also observed4.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 15, 2024
Chimps possess about twice the amount of "fast-twitch" muscle fibre.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2017
A study suggests the difference is mostly due to a higher proportion in chimps of a muscle fibre type involved in powerful, rapid movements.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2017
Is the news that Fernando Torres has been diagnosed with "a Grade 1 muscle fibre rupture in the left thigh" good news for Liverpool fans or bad news for Liverpool fans?
From The Guardian ● Jul. 14, 2010
The power which enables the muscle fibre to take the material it needs, discarding the rest, is, again, one of the vital processes which we defer for a moment.
From The Story of the Living Machine A Review of the Conclusions of Modern Biology in Regard to the Mechanism Which Controls the Phenomena of Living Activity by H. W. (Herbert William) Conn
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