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What muscle is contracted to flex your forearm?
There are about 20 muscles in a forearm, consisting of flexors and extensors. Flexors are responsible for flexing the forearm, wrist, and fingers.
What is abduction of the wrist?
Flexing the hand away from the body
What is the antagonist muscle of the multifidus?
The antagonist muscle of the multifidus is the rectus abdominis. The rectus abdominis is responsible for flexing the lumbar spine, while the multifidus helps to extend and stabilize the spine.
What happens when you flex your muscle?
The muscle in your arm contracts. The muscle on the other side of your arm, opposite from the side that you are flexing, stretches.
What are the release dates for Flexing Your PC Muscle - 2013?
Flexing Your PC Muscle - 2013 was released on: USA: 1 January 2013 (Denver, Colorado)
What muscle is the antagonist during extension of forearm?
The flexor carpi radialis is the agonist muscle in wrist flexion. This muscle, know as a wrist flexor, is located in the forearm.
What is the longest muscle in the body and what is its action?
It is called the Sartorius muscle located in the thigh. Here is the long definition. Assists in flexing, abduction and later rotation of the hip and flexing of the knee.
What is the scientific name of the biceps?
The scientific name for the biceps muscle is "biceps brachii." It is a two-headed muscle located in the upper arm that is responsible for flexing the elbow and rotating the forearm.
What is the difference between muscle flexing and muscle extension?
Inn other words muscle flexing can be called muscle shortening and extension when muscle is elongating. For example when you bend you arm towards your shoulder your bicep muscle is shortening and you can feel a bump. When you extend your arm you can feel that the bump is stretching out and disappearing, that is muscle extension.
What muscle are use during flexing elbow?
Triceps and Biceps
Is the anterior forearm muscle responsible for wrist flexion or wrist extension?
The anterior forearm muscle does not actually exist. Instead, there are a total of eight different muscles with the anterior compartment of the forearm. Their jobs are specifically related to flexion and pronation, or inward rotation of the hand.
What is the agonist and antagonist muscle pair in the wrist?
the wrist flexors and wrist extensors
