Question

How many muscles work together to move a bone?

Answer 1

Muscles:

1. Muscles are part of the body that helps in bringing about movement.
2. It is a special type of connective tissue in the body that shows contraction and relaxation.

Working of muscles:

1. The muscles work in pairs.
2. One of the muscles contracts, the bone gets pulled in that direction, and another one gets relaxed, so that bone can move in opposite directions.
3. Contraction of relaxed muscles occurred to pull the bone towards its original position and the first one gets relaxed.
4. A muscle can only pull and cannot push.
5. Hence, two muscles work together to move a bone