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Author: Sylvia Mader, Michael Windelspecht
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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A change in the body or a bodily organ as a result of its functioning is referred to as an action. Muscle action can be defined as the specific movement of a bodily part generated by the contraction of a muscle. The muscle proteins actin and myosin are t…
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Define an antagonistic pair of muscles.

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