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Yes.
Skeletal muscles will have a flexor and an extensor.
The flexor bends the joint.
The extensor straightens it out again.
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What are the muscles called when they are in pairs?
you find muscle pairs in your legs... like you hamstrings or quadriceps.
Most muscles in the body are what muscles?
skeletal muscles
What muscles are the most muscles in the body?
skeletal muscles
Are striated under skeletal muscle?
Because muscle cells can only contract, not extend, skeletal muscles most work in pairs. While one muscle contracts, the other muscle in the pair relaxes to its original length.
Which muscle type is voluntary in action?
The skeletal muscle is the only type of muscle which is voluntary.
Most skeletal muscles contain?
muscle fiber
Which type of muscle is most frequent in your bodies?
Probably skeletal muscle but smooth muscle would be a close second.
What type of muscles are the most abundant?
Of the three muscle types (cardiac, smooth, skeletal), skeletal muscle is the most abundant.
What muscles are there?
There are three basic types of muscle: smooth, skeletal, and cardiac. Smooth muscles are part of organs like the intestines, skeletal muscles are connected to bones, and cardiac muscles makes up most of the heart.
What are 3 voluntary muscles?
Most of the muscles (or mucle groups) that you know are voluntary or skeletal muscles. Biceps, triceps, quadriceps, abdominals, pectoralis, latissimus dorsi, sartorius, etc. are all skeletal muscles, or muscle groups.
What are muscles that work in opposing pairs called?
One is the agonist and the other is called the antagonist. Agonist: muscle which is the main mover, it contracts and shortens Antagonist: muscle that lengthens and controls e.g. flexion at the elbow: the biceps are the agonist and the triceps are the antagonist.
Most of your muscles are striated skeletal muscles but you also have smooth muscles Which of these organs has a third type a striated kind?
Heart
