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Mind Map by Tamara Lancaster, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Tamara Lancaster
over 8 years ago
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Biomechanics (the science of human
movement)
- Skeletal muscles work as
antagonistic pairs. They pull on
the bone to make them pivot
- A moment is the turning
effect of a force
- You calculate a moment using the equation ;
moment=force X perpendicular distance to pivot
- Moments have units of Newton metre
- Moments have units of Newton metre
- You calculate a moment using the equation ;
moment=force X perpendicular distance to pivot
- The biceps and triceps
are an antagonist pair
- As one muscle contracts the
other relaxes - this is what an
antagonistic pair is
- As one muscle contracts the
other relaxes - this is what an
antagonistic pair is
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