Sunday 31 January 2016

anatomy - Skeletal muscle without antagonist

I would argue that the orbiculares do have antagonists. To some extent, levator palpebrae superiorus antagonizes orbicularis oculi, and zygomaticus major/minor as well as risorius antagonize orbicularis oris.



I can think of three muscle that don't have obvious antagonists:



  1. Stapedius

  2. Tensor tympani

  3. Articularis genu

1 and 2 essentially perform the same action, to dampen sounds reaching the cochlea. 3 elevates the suprapatellar bursa.

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