You Are a Lab Technician Staining Sections of Skeletal Muscle

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Multiple Choice

You are a lab technician staining sections of skeletal muscle using a stain that binds to mitochondria.The tissue comes from leg biopsies of two patients: a professional weight lifter and a competitive long distance runner.You realize the slides are unlabeled.How might you determine which slide belongs to which patient?

• A) The slide showing more slow-twitch muscle and fewer mitochondria per cell would be from the long distance runner.
• B) The slide showing more red muscle and more mitochondria per cell would be from the long distance runner.
• C) The slide showing more fast-twitch muscle and fewer mitochondria per cell would be from the long distance runner.
• D) The slide showing more white muscle and more mitochondria per cell would be from the weight lifter.
• E) The slide showing more red muscle and more mitochondria per cell would be from the weight lifter.

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