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Why muscles must work in pairs?

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Anonymous

10y ago
Updated: 8/21/2019

Muscles can only exert force by getting shorter. Muscles work in pairs by one muscle pulling in one direction, the other muscle pulls in the opposite direction. One bends your leg, the other straightens the leg, etc.

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