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The biceps and triceps work against each other to bend and straighten the elbow joint. If the bicep stop contracting and the triceps contract we will not be able to move our hand and can be paralyzed.
Ayesha Yasir
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∙ 12y agoThe universe as we know it explodes , thats how the big bang happened. Some one flexed their bicep and mistakenly also caused a fluctuation in which his tricep was also involved causing and explosion which created our realm in the universe today.
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∙ 9y agoYou can voluntarily do the same thing. You can even develop muscles by such type of contractions. Usually when your biceps contracts, your triceps also contracts to give proper co-ordination to the movement by the biceps and vise verse.
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∙ 10y agoA phenomenon known as Dystonia can occur, which is basically a form of cramp.
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∙ 15y agoyour arm would get hard but it wouldn't move. try it and see.
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∙ 11y agoit is not possible as they work in the opposite
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What are agonistic pairs?
Pairs of muscles which work in a relationship, where both can support and oppose each other. The best and easiest example is the bicep and tricep. When the bicep is contracted the tricep is usually relaxed and visa versa. Think of it like a bicep curl. When you lift the dumbbell your bicep is contracting in the concentric contraction, but is still contracting on the way down, just on an eccentric contraction (i.e. acting as a brake). The whole time your tricep is relaxed. However when a tricep curl is performed the same principles apply but obviously using your tricep.
Do muscles always work in pairs?
Yes they do, they're called antagonistic pairs. However, I have also heard that there is a paradox that happens when you try to stand up from a sitting position which should be impossible because your hamstings and quadriceps are both contracting at the same time rather than one contracting and the other relaxing as antagonistic pairs should work.
What major muscles antagonists in a bench press?
Any time you are doing an exercise where you are pushing a secondary mover will be be the tricep. An antagonist when doing a pushing exercise will always be the bicep.
What are the safety concerns when doing the dumbbell bicep curl?
You can save time and take steroids.
Why does our muscles became bigger when we are lifting heavy objects?
As you lift weights, your muscle's fibers are being ripped apart. After that, the muscle grows in order to be "normal" again and not ripped apart, making it bigger.
Why doing time in prison is called ''bird''?
Cockney rhyming slang: time = birdlime, contracted to 'bird'
What happens to the muscle as the arm moves down?
One group of muscles contracts, and the other group extends. As an arm moves down, the bicep muscle (the one that faces the front side of the body and goes from the shoulder to the elbow) relaxes. When the muscle relaxes, it goes from being contracted to elongated. This relaxation happens at the same time that the tricep muscle (the one that faces the backside of the body and goes from the shoulder to the elbow) contracts. This happens because the human body's skeletal muscles have what can be considered compliments. I say this to mean that when a muscle relaxes, there is a muscle that contracts simultaneously. Therefore, they move antagonistically to each other. This is to serve the purpose of creating specific movements that help assist in locomotion. On the molecular level of what happens when a muscle contracts and relaxes, the actin and myosin filaments in muscle fiber overlap to contract and separate to relax.
Can smooth muscles stay contracted for long periods of time?
Yes
Are there such things as partially contracted muscle fibers?
That is very good question! You do not have any thing like partially contracted muscle fibres, most probably. What you have got is partially contracted muscles. The muscle is more or less contracted as per the number of muscle fibres that are contracted at any given time.
How is deafness contracted?
Deafness can be hereditary or be "contracted" by listening to loud music. Working in a loud environment for an extended period of time without the proper protection can cause hearing loss.
How did Mr Freeman die?
He contracted one of the water-borne diseases that was so common at the time.
Where can biceps be found and what does it do?
The biceps are the muscles on your arm which bend your elbow. Ask someone to flex their arm, and they will 99 percent of the time show you their Bicep.
