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When pairs of muscles work in opposite directions to move a limb?
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What is it called when pairs of muscles work in opposite directions to move a limb?
Antagonists oppose or reverse the movement of a prime mover.The process would be known as Antagonistic.
Why are muscles in pais?
Muscles are in pairs as when one muscle contracts, its pair will relax, and the limb is moved. The reverse happens when the limb is returned to its starting position. Muscles can pull, but they can't push.
How do our muscles move?
Muscles move body parts by contracting and then relaxing. Your muscles can pull bones, but they can't push them back to their original position. So they work in pairs of flexors and extensors. The flexor contracts to bend a limb at a joint.
List of two joint muscles in upper and lower limb?
Two joint muscles in the upper limb is the wrist and the elbow. Two joint muscles in the lower limb is the ankle and the knee.
What are the muscles that move limb inward?
adductor muscles
What body parts that work in pairs to help your body?
The muscles can only pull, not push. So, to move a limb, one muscle relaxes while the other muscle pulls.
What muscles are supplied by the brachial plexus?
All the muscles of the upper limb
What body parts that work in pairs to help your body move?
The muscles can only pull, not push. So, to move a limb, one muscle relaxes while the other muscle pulls.
Muscles that bend a limb are known as?
flexors
What is body parts that work in pairs to help your body move?
The muscles can only pull, not push. So, to move a limb, one muscle relaxes while the other muscle pulls.
What body part that's work in pairs. To help your body move?
The muscles can only pull, not push. So, to move a limb, one muscle relaxes while the other muscle pulls.
Which upper limb muscles has double innervation?
Brachialis
