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Interactions of Skeletal Muscles in the Body
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Anatomy
11th Grade
02/07/2011

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Term
prime mover
Definition
muscle that has major responsibility for causing a particular movement
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antagonists
Definition
muscles that oppose or reverse a movement. when a prime mover is inactive, it's ________ is stretched and relaxed.
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synergists
Definition
help prime mover by producing the same movement or by reducing undesirable movements
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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
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