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Associated antagonist

Associated antagonist

One of two muscles or groups of muscles which pull in nearly opposite directions, but which, when acting together, move the part in a path between their diverging lines of action.


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And you sent this to the botany discussion...? :D No, the antagonist muscle does not generate equal force - if it did, muscles could not cause movement. Thus, you also need to train both the agonist and antagonist separately. The antagonist generates ...

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by mido95
Fri Dec 09, 2011 10:47 am
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: Muscles anatomy question ?
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Muscles anatomy question ?

And you sent this to the botany discussion...? :D No, the antagonist muscle does not generate equal force - if it did, muscles could not cause movement. Thus, you also need to train both the agonist and antagonist separately. The antagonist generates ...

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by biohazard
Fri Dec 09, 2011 7:57 am
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: Muscles anatomy question ?
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Views: 2439

Muscles anatomy question ?

when you do exercises training an agonist muscle like biceps, isn't the antagonist (triceps) making a resistance power qual to the agonist force, and by this the antagonist is trained also equal to the agonist, it is said that the antagonist needs training separately, ...

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by mido95
Thu Dec 08, 2011 8:22 pm
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: Muscles anatomy question ?
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Views: 2439

Competitive receptor-ligand Binding

... on them in lieu of my exam. "An agonist dose-response curve will be shifted to the right in the presence of a constant concentration of an antagonist that binds to the same receptor" Would it be safe to say the agonist's dose-respone curve wold be shifted in the presence of a constant ...

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by someguy456345
Thu Feb 24, 2011 7:48 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Competitive receptor-ligand Binding
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Views: 1403

tamoxifen and Cre system

Hi, I learned that tamoxifen is antagonist of the estrogen receptor. But how come 4-OHT can activate a CreER system? Can someone please explain to me how this work? Thanks

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by yi198720022004
Thu Feb 03, 2011 3:45 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: tamoxifen and Cre system
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