Which group of muscles is involved with joint stabilization?
a. Skeletal muscles
b. Antigravity muscles
c. Synergistic muscles
d. Antagonistic muscles
B
Antigravity muscles are involved with joint stabilization. Skeletal muscles support posture and carry out voluntary movement. Antagonistic muscles bring about movement at the joint. Synergistic muscles contract to accomplish the same movement. When you flex your arm, you increase the strength of the contraction of the biceps brachii by contraction of the synergistic muscle, the brachialis.
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