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the hands contains pairs of opposing skeletal muscles

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Why are skeletal muscles often found in opposing pairs?

Skeletal muscles are found in pairs called flexors and extensors. The flexors bend a joint, and the extensors straighten the joint. Muscles cannot push; they only pull.


Skeletal muscles are attached to the bones of the appendicular skeleton in opposing pairs called?

flexors and extensors


Do the hands contain pairs of opposing skeletal muscles?

Yea hands are part of the skeletal system which works in pairs... The two pairs that they work with are extensor and flexors (:


What structure work in antagonistic pairs to move bone?

Skeletal Muscles


What muscles are the muscles that move bones?

These muscles are called "skeletal muscles".


How many skeletal muscles are in your body?

Approximately 640. Different experts claim approximately 639 to 650. There are about 640 Skeletal Muscles.


What lobe contains the primary motor area that controls skeletal muscles?

Frontal lobe


What do the skeletal muscles allow us to do?

It helps move you. Your bones make up your structure. These muscles allow your body to move.


What structure detects the amount of stretch or tension in skeletal muscles tendons and joint's?

Proprioceptors


What kind of muscle contains cylindrical cells with branching ends?

Skeletal muscle contains cylindrical cells with branching ends. These cells are called muscle fibers and are responsible for voluntary movements in the body. Skeletal muscle is attached to bones by tendons and is striated in appearance.


What muscles are muscles that move bones?

Skeletal muscles .


Muscle under voluntary control are known as?

skeletal muscles or voluntary muscles