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(A) Class one lever with fulcrum located between load and effort arm. (B) Class two lever with load located between fulcrum and effort arm. (C) Class three lever with effort arm located between fulcrum and load. The third class lever is the most commonly encountered lever class in a vertebrate animal’s body. Fulcrum = triangle, load = black arrow, effort = gray arrow. Arrows indicate direction of movement during action.
