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Q: In the leg which two muscles are antagonistic pairs?
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Antagonistic pairs what does it mean?

which two pairs of muscles are antagonistic pairs?


What does pair mean?

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Like humans, animals also have to have the use of muscles to help provide movement and to some degree, protection. Its important for almost every living creature to have a muscle system. The muscles work in antagonistic pairs to provide different movements such as flexing and extending two different muscles play the different roles and while one is working the other is relaxing.


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