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Skeletal muscles whose contraction decreases joint angles are named:______________?

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Answer: A. Flexor

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Muscles whose contraction reduces the angle at a joint are flexors, as the biceps is at the elbow. Extensors open the joint and increase the angle. Abductors move a limb away from the body's midline and adductors draw it back, which is movement in a different plane altogether.

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