Physical Education GCSE
Joint actions produced by muscles
What Joint actions produced by muscles means in Physical Education GCSE, as defined for OCR.
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Linking a muscle to the movement it produces, such as the quadriceps extending the knee in a football kick.
Topics that use Joint actions produced by muscles
- 1.1.b. The structure and function of the muscular system - Location of major muscle groups (OCR GCSE)
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