Term Name:	type IIa muscle cell
Synonyms:	fast twitch A, fatigue resistant fast twitch muscle cell, type 2a muscle cell, type 2a muscle fiber, type IIa muscle fiber
Definition:	A type II muscle cell that contains large amounts of myoglobin, has many mitochondria and very many blood capillaries. Type II A cells are red, have a very high capacity for generating ATP by oxidative metabolic processes, split ATP at a very rapid rate, have a fast contraction velocity and are resistant to fatigue.
Ontology:	Cell Ontology [CL:0002214]