Muscular System

    Cards (11)

    • Agonist
      Muscle that contracts and shortens to allow movement
    • Antagonist
      Muscle that lengthens and relaxes to allow joint to move
    • Fixator
      Stabilises the point of attachment in order to stabilise movement
    • Muscle Pair of the shoulder
      Deltoid, pectorals and latissimus dorsi
    • Muscle Pair of the elbow
      Bicep and Tricep
    • Muscle Pair of the knee
      Hamstring and quadricep
    • What movement occurs in the shoulder?
      Extension, Flexion, adduction, abduction, rotation and circumduction
    • What movement occurs in the elbow?
      Extension and Flexion
    • What movement occurs in the knee?
      Extension and Flexion
    • Definition of agonistic muscle action
      A Paris of muscles working together to produce movement, with one muscle contracting while the other muscle relaxes
    • Example of agonistic muscle action

      An agonistic muscle action takes place in the upper arm as the biceps contracts and the triceps relaxes
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