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Title

Interactions of Skeletal Muscles in the Body

Description

self explanatory

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Subject

Anatomy

Level

11th Grade

Created

02/07/2011

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Term

prime mover

Definition

muscle that has major responsibility for causing a particular movement

Term

antagonists

Definition

muscles that oppose or reverse a movement. when a prime mover is inactive, it's ________ is stretched and relaxed.

Term

synergists

Definition

help prime mover by producing the same movement or by reducing undesirable movements

Term

fixators

Definition

specialized synergists that hold a bone still or stabilize the origin of a prime mover so all the tension can be used to move the insertion bone