Sports Therapy Latissimus Dorsi?

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d. supraspinatus

antagonist means the muscle that performs the opposite movement of the agonist. the opposite of shoulder adduction is shoulder abduction. the supraspinatus is the muscle in the shoulder responsible for raising the shoulder laterally (abduction).
 
Which of the following acts as an antagonist to the latissimus Doris during adduction of the shoulder?

a) teres minor
b) coracobrachialis
c) infraspinatus
d) suprasspinatus

and why
 
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