Which type of respiration helps organisms generate quick bursts of speed, as opposed to long steady movement?
digestion respiration
insertion respiration
anabolic respiration
anaerobic respiration
Each type of muscle fiber has advantages and disadvantages, which reflect their differing biochemical pathways. Aerobic respiration in red muscles full of mitochondria, produces a great deal of ATP from far less glucose - but slowly, over a long time. Anaerobic respiration in white muscle cells full of carbohydrates, produces ATP rapidly for quick bursts of speed, but a predator who continues pursuit may eventually catch a white-muscled prey.