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No, this is not possible. Elbows extend by means of the triceps brachii (triceps). You can try to flex your bicep as you extend your arm, but when itès fully extend its not possible.
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Muscle that allows you to flex the elbow?
The Biceps flex the elbow The Triceps extend the elbow
How are triceps and biceps useful?
When your biceps contract (and your triceps relax), your arm bends at the elbow. When your triceps contract (and your biceps relax), your arm straightens. The biceps and triceps enable you to bend or extend your arm at the elbow.
What do biceps triceps and deltoids do?
Biceps flex the arm at the elbow, and triceps (along with the brachialis) extend it. The deltoids raise the arms.
What do the triceps and biceps muscles do?
The triceps muscles extend (straighten) the arm, while the biceps muscles flex (bend) it at the elbow joint.
Explain the function of flexors and in extensors?
these muscle groups either extend a joint, extensors) or contract the joint (flexors). triceps extend the elbow joint, biceps bend the elbow joint.
What Muscle extends in any movement?
None. Muscles only contracts. In order to extend, the muscle on the opposite movement has to contract. For example, the biceps help flex the elbow, but it does not extend the elbow; the triceps does that.
What muscle flexes the elbow and supinates the forearm?
to flex the forearm at the elbow, you use the biceps brachii, brachialis, and brachioradial (to a lesser extent).to supinate the forearm, you use the biceps brachii and the supinator muscles.the biceps brachii does both motions.
What is the muscle between the elbow and shoulder?
the biceps
What is the primary elbow extensor?
Biceps brachii.
The forearm is flexed at the elbow when the blank muscle contracts?
Biceps Biceps
What does the triceps do when you bend the elbow?
Your elbow joint get extended. Your upper limb becomes straight.
Which muscles straighten the arm?
no it isnt because the arm is bent by the flexor muscles (mostly just the biceps), and straightened by the extensor muscles (ie. the triceps).
