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Levers - Coggle Diagram
Levers
There are three different types of class levers.
First Class Levers
They are put in an specific way in such way that the fulcrum is between the effort and the load
Second Class Levers
Arranged such that the load is in between the effort and the fulcrum
Third Class Levers
Put in such way that the effort is between the fulcrum and the load
Usually they're used to make physical work easier
Examples: to move something heavy, to move or remove something quickly or easier.
If there is a huge rock hindering a path, a lever system would be used to move the rock, as the rock is too heavy to lift by humans per se.
It is made of several components
.
the load
the object requiring moving
the fulcrum
the joint around which the movement occurs
the effort
the muscular force
used to move the object
the lever.
the bones of the skeleton when it comes to human (animal) movement