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Use the words flexor and extensor to explain how muscles work in pairs.

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By contracting, muscles pull on bones and allow the body to move. ... Each muscle in the pair works against the other to move bones at the joints of the body. The muscle that contracts to cause a joint to bend is called the flexor. The muscle that contracts to cause the joint to straighten is called the extensor

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