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Can I Move a Muscle Now?
By Jennifer Kenny 		  
1     Tickle your little brother. Read a book. Skate. Smile. Each time you did one of these things, your muscles were at work. Each time any part of you moves, big or small, you use your muscles.
 
2     You have over 600 muscles in your body. Some are big. Some are small. Some are right under your skin. Some are deep inside your body.
 
3     Make a fist and bring it up to your shoulder. You can feel the biceps, a muscle in your upper arm change as it bunches up and gets harder. How did that work? Well, the muscle is attached to a bone. As it draws itself together, it pulls on your arm. It works with another muscle called the triceps, too. Other muscles in the body are paired the same way.

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