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sport- muscles
VCE sport
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the muscle primarily responcible for producing movement | agonist |
| the muscle that relaxes as the agonist contracts to allow ease of movement and minimise the risk of injury | antagonist |
| muscles that acts to stabilise the bone where the prime mover is acting to allow efficiency of movement and maximal contractile force to be developed if required | stabilisers |
| when muscles on one side of a bone or joint relax to accommodate contraction on the other side of the bone or joint | reciprocal inhibition |
| the optimum state of fatty acids in order to enable storage | triglyceride |