Sentences with phrase «myoglobin into»

They hypothesized that the charge differences allowed the aquatic species to pack more myoglobin into their muscle cells.

«Whales and other deep - diving marine mammals can pack 10 to 20 times more myoglobin into their cells than humans can, and that allows them to «download» oxygen directly into their skeletal muscles and stay active even when they are holding their breath,» said Olson, Rice's Ralph and Dorothy Looney Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology.

Attempting to refloat the whales at this point only makes the situation worse, as it allows their blood to circulate more freely, carrying even more myoglobin into the kidneys.

Without the support of the surrounding seawater, their weight damages their muscles, releasing stores of damaging myoglobin into the bloodstream.

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If they get back into the sea, their blood can circulate more freely, but this carries even more myoglobin to the kidneys.

Slow - twitch muscles have a high blood supply and plenty of mitochondria (energy providing structures in cells that convert food into an energy source the cells can utilize) and myoglobin (oxygen and iron binding muscle protein that provides cells with oxygen).

Its top three symptoms are muscle pain, weakness and dark - colored urine.8 The last one in particular indicates that myoglobin has started to leak into your bloodstream and you're at risk for developing kidney damage.