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When one muscle in a pair contracts the other expands.
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∙ 12y agothe other muscles relax
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When one skeletal muscle contracts and it opposing mucsle relaxes it is an example of?
antagonistic muscle action.
What does it mean for muscles to work opposing pairs?
the answer is when one muscle contracts the other relaxes
If one muscle contracts what happens to the other one?
relax
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.
When one muscle contracts what dose the other muscle do?
Relaxes
What does the other muscle do when one relaxes?
It Contracts
When a muscle contracts what does the other one do?
relax
When one muscle contracts what do the opposite do?
It relaxes
What does one muscle do while the other one relaxes?
contracts - for antagonistic muscle pairs e.g. muscles in arm (when one relaxes, other contracts, and vice versa)
how does one muscle in a pair behave when the other muscle contract?
When one muscle in a pair contracts the other expands.
Is the antagonist muscle one that has an action directly opposite to that of the agonist?
Yes. An antagonistic pair of muscles, such as the biceps and the triceps, allows movement of body parts through opposing motions. As one of these muscles contracts, the other relaxes.
When 1 muscle contracts what does the other one do?
Relax
