Antagonistic muscles
antagonistic muscles
antagonistic muscles an·tag·o·nis·tic muscles (ān-tāg’ə-nĭs’tĭk)
pl.n.
muscles having opposite functions, the contraction of one neutralizing the contraction of the other.
historical examples
the result is the innervation of antagonistic muscles, by which the impression is intensified.
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