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Muscle Describe Fast Fibres Powerful Contractions Shorter Period

Front Describe fast muscle fibres. (5)
Back - more powerful contractions over a shorter period of time
- found in muscles which must contract strongly but infrequently eg - biceps

- thicker

- phosphocreatine store for higher rate of ATP synthesis
- fewer mitochondria than slow muscle fibres

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