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antagonistic muscle (s) (noun), antagonistic muscles (pl)
One of a pair of muscles allowing coordinated movements of the skeletal joints: The individual components of antagonistic muscles can be classified into extensors (muscles that straighten a limb) and flexors (muscles that bend a limb).
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muscle groups quiz

Medical questions about the locations of specified muscle groups

Where is the triceps brachii located? In the arm.

How about the tibialis anterior? The leg.

And the latissimus dorsi? In the back.

Finally, how about the gluteus maximus? It took long enough, but we are at the end!*

*The outermost part of the three large gluteus muscles that form each buttock in humans.
—Based on the cartoon
"Frank & Ernest" by Bob Thaves as shown on July 19, 2009.
This entry is located in the following unit: Medical Orientation Words with Reference to the Body (page 2)