Twelve-year-old Aaron tried out for the Little League baseball team and was chosen as a pitcher. One day, after a few months of practice and games, Aaron's father told him, "Hey, kid, you're really getting some muscle definition there! You're going to be a major league pitcher someday, with muscles like that!" Which of Aaron's muscles in particular do you think were growing stronger and getting larger as a result of his pitching?

A) triangularis, masseter, trapezius
B) peroneus longus, biceps femoris, gastrocnemius
C) sartorius, soleus, rectus femoris
D) deltoid, triceps brachii, and brachioradialis
E) mentalis, risorius, levator anguli oris


Ans: D) deltoid, triceps brachii, and brachioradialis

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