Antagonist (muscle) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An "antagonist" is a classification used to describe a muscle that acts in opposition to the specific movement generated by the agonist and is responsible for returning a limb to its initial position....
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Striped muscles are always found in pairs of antagonistic muscles. A pair of muscles, the biceps and triceps, are used to bend and straighten the elbow. When you make your biceps contract, it flexes the elbow (bends it).
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The biceps and triceps work as an antagonistic pair of muscles. When the biceps contracts and the triceps relaxes, the elbow is bent and this stretches the ...
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The biceps muscle is the flexor of the lower arm. Together, the biceps and triceps make up an antagonistic pair of muscles. Similar pairs, working antagonistically across other joints, provide for almost all the movement of the skeleton.
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All articles related to An Antagonistic Muscle Pair written by Suite101 experts - enter curious ... how are muscles and tendons connected • what are antagonistic muscles • an antagonistic muscle pair • what is aponeurosis • how do tendons attach to bone...
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Muscles usually work in pairs. A good example of a pair of muscles working together can be seen in the human arm. The muscle at the front of the arm is called the biceps muscle. The muscle at the back of the arm is called ... This is called antagonistic action of muscles because they are always working in opposite ways.
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It is a muscle that opposes the action of another. The biceps and the triceps are an antagonistic pair of muscles.
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; Muscles often work in pairs to produce movement in opposite directions ... Humans as Organisms ... Key Stage 3...
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