Question

Red muscle fibres are more in

• A. Smooth muscles
• B. Skeletal muscles
• C. Cardiac muscles
• D. None of the above

Answer 1

The correct option is B Skeletal muscles

• Muscle which is the soft tissue found in animals contains protein filaments of actin and myosin.
• The muscle tissues are of three main types- skeletal, smooth and cardiac. Based on the color, the skeletal muscles are classified into the red muscle or slow muscle and white muscle or fast muscle.
• The red muscles are thin muscle fibers and the red color is due to large amounts of myosin.
  Hence, the correct answer is B .