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Fast Fibers = white fibers = fast twitch (7)

- Contract (reach peak twitch tension) very quickly, strong contractions

- Majority in body

- Large in diameter

- Densely packed myofibrils

- Large glycogen stores

- Few mitochondria

- Fatigue rapidly, use a lot of ATP

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Author: Rozen

Main topic: Medicine

Topic: Anatomy

Published: 10.05.2010

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