Antagonistic muscles

Summary: At each joint, a pair of muscles works together to cause movement. These are called antagonistic muscles. When one muscle contracts, the other muscle relaxes. Tags: science student-book-7 biology Created: 2026-05-21 Last Updated: 2026-05-21

Antagonistic muscles

At each joint, a pair of muscles works together to cause movement. These are called antagonistic muscles. When one muscle contracts, the other muscle relaxes.

Source

This concept is from the [Science Student Book 7](Science Student Book 7/Biology/Body Systems/2.4 Movement - muscles.md), Biology section.