Zusammenfassung der Ressource
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
- The biceps and triceps
are an antagonist pair
- As one muscle contracts the
other relaxes - this is what an
antagonistic pair is