Journeys: Muscles. Stop 1

A pair

Lift the ball! Drag the hand up.

The biceps got shorter and pulled the arm up. Muscles can only pull. Now lower the arm.

To straighten the arm, another muscle pulls, the triceps. That's why muscles work in pairs.

Muscles are fixed to bones with strong cords called tendons.

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