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Muscle Pairs and Movements
📚 Part 1: Multiple Choice
1. When one muscle of a pair shortens to cause movement, the opposing muscle usually:
shortens too
relaxes and lengthens
pushes the bone
stays the same length
2. Which muscle is the agonist when you bend (flex) the elbow in a bicep curl?
Triceps
Biceps
Quadriceps
Gastrocnemius
3. Which movement is mainly produced by the gastrocnemius?
Pointing the toes / standing on tip-toes
Bending the elbow
Straightening the knee
Rotating the shoulder
4. Check all that apply: Which statements about antagonistic muscle pairs are true?
The antagonist lengthens when the agonist shortens
Antagonists push bones to create movement
Antagonists relax to allow the movement
Muscles always work by pulling on bones, not pushing
✏️ Part 2: Matching & Short Answers
5. Match each muscle (left) with the main movement it produces (right). Draw lines between columns.
A. Biceps
B. Triceps
C. Hamstrings
D. Quadriceps
E. Gastrocnemius
1. Knee extension
2. Elbow extension
3. Elbow flexion
4. Plantarflexion (point toes)
5. Knee flexion
6. Define "agonist" in one sentence.
7. Explain briefly why muscles pull on bones rather than push.
8. Describe what happens to the biceps and triceps during a bicep curl. Identify which is the agonist and which is the antagonist.
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