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Descriptor English: Muscle Fibers, Fast-Twitch
Descriptor Spanish: Fibras Musculares de Contracción Rápida
Descriptor fibras musculares de contracción rápida
Entry term(s) fibras musculares blancas
fibras musculares rápidas
fibras musculares tipo II
Scope note: Fibras musculares esqueléticas que se caracterizan por expresar isoformas de la CADENA PESADA DE MIOSINA de tipo II, las cuales tienen elevada actividad ATPasa y varios efectos de otras propiedades funcionales: - reducción de la velocidad, potencia, tipo de tensión desarrollada. Se han identificado varios tipos de rapidez.
Descriptor Portuguese: Fibras Musculares de Contração Rápida
Descriptor French: Fibres musculaires à contraction rapide
Entry term(s): Fast-Twitch Muscle Fiber
Fast-Twitch Muscle Fibers
Fiber, Fast-Twitch Muscle
Fiber, Intermediate Muscle
Fiber, White Muscle
Fibers, Fast-Twitch Muscle
Fibers, Intermediate Muscle
Fibers, White Muscle
Intermediate Muscle Fiber
Intermediate Muscle Fibers
Muscle Fiber, Fast-Twitch
Muscle Fiber, Intermediate
Muscle Fiber, White
Muscle Fibers, Fast Twitch
Muscle Fibers, Intermediate
Muscle Fibers, Type II
Muscle Fibers, White
White Muscle Fiber
White Muscle Fibers
Tree number(s): A10.690.552.500.500.600
A11.620.249.400
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018656
Scope note: Skeletal muscle fibers characterized by their expression of the Type II MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN isoforms which have high ATPase activity and effect several other functional properties - shortening velocity, power output, rate of tension redevelopment. Several fast types have been identified.
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 95
History Note: 95
DeCS ID: 32126
Unique ID: D018656
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Date Established: 1995/01/01
Date of Entry: 1994/06/07
Revision Date: 2008/10/16
Muscle Fibers, Fast-Twitch - Preferred
Concept UI M0027953
Scope note Skeletal muscle fibers characterized by their expression of the Type II MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN isoforms which have high ATPase activity and effect several other functional properties - shortening velocity, power output, rate of tension redevelopment. Several fast types have been identified.
Preferred term Muscle Fibers, Fast-Twitch
Entry term(s) Fast-Twitch Muscle Fiber
Fast-Twitch Muscle Fibers
Fiber, Fast-Twitch Muscle
Fibers, Fast-Twitch Muscle
Muscle Fiber, Fast-Twitch
Muscle Fibers, Fast Twitch
Muscle Fibers, Type II
Muscle Fibers, Intermediate - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0515419
Preferred term Muscle Fibers, Intermediate
Entry term(s) Fiber, Intermediate Muscle
Fibers, Intermediate Muscle
Intermediate Muscle Fiber
Intermediate Muscle Fibers
Muscle Fiber, Intermediate
Muscle Fibers, White - Narrower
Concept UI M0027955
Preferred term Muscle Fibers, White
Entry term(s) Fiber, White Muscle
Fibers, White Muscle
Muscle Fiber, White
White Muscle Fiber
White Muscle Fibers



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