The eye muscles can be moved with greater precision than the biceps muscles because ____.

A. biceps have only slow-twitch muscles
B. biceps have only fast-twitch muscles
C. biceps are opposed by an antagonistic muscle; the eye muscles are not
D. eye muscles have a lower ratio of muscle fibers to axons


Answer: D

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