movement of skeleton

• tendons

  • non elastic tissue
  • muscle to bone
• ligaments

  • elastic tissue
  • bone to bone
• joint

  • area where 2 bones attach for body parts to move
• antagonistic muscle pairs

  • pair of muscles which pull in opposite directions
  • as one muscle contracts(flexor) and bends the joint
  • the other straightens a joint during contraction(extensor)

  contracting muscle=agonist

  relaxing muscle=antagonist