The Slow Oxidative Fibers. The resistance to fatigue demonstrated by these muscles is aided by other characteristics of slow-twitch type I fibers that endow them with a high oxidative capacity for aerobic respiration. Hence the type I fibers are often referred to as slow oxidative fibers.
Split ATP at a slow rate. These muscle fibers are an endurance athletes best friend. They have the highest resistance to fatigue and they are the most efficient fiber type.
Assign each characteristic to the appropriate type of muscle fiber.
In slow oxidative fibers slow is for having the ATPase that hydrolyze ATP slowly while oxidative stands for the aerobic respiration pathway for metabolizing glucose. Assign each characteristic to the appropriate type of muscle fiber. Type I slow twitch oxidative red in color. These muscle fibers are an endurance athletes best friend.