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What is a muscle that causes a joint to straighten when contracting?
strain
What percentage is Muscle and its fascia are responsible for range of motion at a joint?
100%
How does muscle bend and straighten a joint?
Muscles bend and flex by moving the arm to pick up an object or even weightlifting. you know lil Wayne
What happens to your muscles when your joint is bent?
When a joint is bent, the muscles around that joint contract and shorten. This causes the joint to move, resulting in the bending or flexing of the joint. The specific muscles involved and the degree of contraction depend on the joint and the movement being performed.
What muscle is responsible for osteoarthritis?
None. OA is caused by ageing, obesity, genetics and joint injuries not muscles.
What is the medical term meaning decreasing an angle as in bending a joint?
Flexing is the medical term meaning decreasing an angle as in bending a joint.
What causes movement at the knee joint?
In addition to simple flexion (bending) and extension (straightening) movements, the knee joint is designed to allow for rotation, gliding, and rolling movements.
Bending a joint is what kind of movement?
Flexion
What affects could osteoarthritis have on your knee joint?
Osteoarthritis can be responsible for the complete debilitation of the knee joint. which in turn can lead to the destruction of bone, muscle and other tissue in that area
How are muscles jointed?
Muscles are not jointed, though the bones they attach to may be. For example, your biceps muscle attaches to both your scapula (shoulder blade) and radius (one of the forearm bones). Contracting the muscle causes the elbow joint to bend.
What muscle is located in the posterior part of the knee joint and is responsible for turning the tibia inward during full flexion?
The popliteus
What are single joint muscles?
a muscle which crosses a single joint refers to a single joint muscle.
