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Explain the difference between extending and flexing your arm at the elbow?
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∙ 12y ago
When you straighten your arm or leg (as in a pushing movement), you EXTEND the arm or leg. When you bend your arm at the elbow or your leg at the knee, you FLEX the arm at the elbow and flex the leg at the knee.
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What cranial nerve is involved in hyper extending and flexing the neck?
The hypoglossopharyngeal nerve. And your mom
What is abduction of the wrist?
Flexing the hand away from the body
Why is there a dent in the crook of your elbow when you tense your arm?
The dent is caused from the flexing of the tendons near your elbow. The flexing causes the sin around it to become taut and raised, thus causing the dent.
What type of movement and contraction is in chest compression?
Chest compression involves flexing and extension of the arm muscles.
Should you be able to move your kneecaps around by flexing the muscles in your thigh?
Yes, that is normal human anatomy/physiology.
When you straighten your fingers out are you extending or flexing?
Extending.
What are Oppposing muscle in your body?
Flexors and extensors oppose each other. Think of flexing and extending your fingers as an example.
What cranial nerve is involved in hyper extending and flexing the neck?
The hypoglossopharyngeal nerve. And your mom
Is flex and extend the same?
no. flexing is deceasing the angle (e.g bending knee) extending is straightening something. (e.g. straightening knee)
What is difference between extending and flexing your arm at the elbow?
Flexion is the act of bringing two bones closer together, decreasing the angle between the two bones. Extension is the act of increasing the angle between two bones, resulting in a straightening motion.
What is the action of the quadriceps muscle group?
Flexing the thigh, extending the leg, adducts leg
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.
Is flexing humble?
Flexing typically refers to showing off or bragging about one's wealth, possessions, or achievements. This behavior is generally seen as the opposite of humility, which involves modesty and a lack of self-importance. So, flexing is not considered humble.
What muscles are used for flexing the knee?
the hamstring is used for flexing the knee
When was Flexing with Monty created?
Flexing with Monty was created on 2010-01-05.
When was Flexing Habitual created?
Flexing Habitual was created on 2006-09-28.
What is the difference between sit ups and crunches?
Sit-ups involve moving the torso from a supine to sitting up position by flexing the hips. Therefore, the hip flexors are the primary movers and the abdominals are contracted isometrically. Crunches involve using the abdominals to flex the trunk, or spine, so as to bring the chest up and toward the knees but without flexing the hips, as in the sit up.
