Differentiate between different muscle fibre types

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Assignment:

1. Describe the post-mortem temperature changes that occur in muscle
2. Explain how rigor mortis occurs
3. Differentiate between different muscle fibre types
4. Explain how temperature affects the rate of post-mortem glycolysis
5. Explain cold shortening and its proposed mechanism
6. Explain how the rate of post-mortem glycolysis is affected by electrical stimulation (ES)
7. Describe how ES can overcome the problem of cold shortening and thaw rigor in meat
8. Explain the effect of ES on muscle pH, ATP level and the onset of rigor mortis
9. Describe how the frequency of electrical pulses, duration of stimulation, mode of application, time of application post-slaughter and type of muscle affect the efficacy of ES
10. Describe the structure of the myoglobin molecule
11. Explain how the oxidation state of myoglobin and ligand binding affect myoglobin colour

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