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Is tricepes flexor?
Triceps muscle is not a flexor. Triceps is an extensor of elbow joint. Biceps muscle is flexor.
What is an example of a flexor muscle?
The triceps are extensor muscles.
What does the 'extensor muscle' do?
Extensor muscles open a joint and are the opposite to flexor muscles, which close it. I imagine triceps are extensor, while biceps are flexor.
Do the triceps flex or extend the forearm?
extensorThe triceps brachii is an extensor. It is the large muscle on the back of the arm and is primarily the muscle used for extension of the elbow joint or straightening of the arm. The triceps is also an antagonist of the biceps and the brachialis muscles.ExtensorsTriceps is not a flexor. It is extensor of the elbow joint.
Are the triceps a flexor or extensor?
extensor
What are extensors?
Extensor muscles open a joint and are the opposite to flexor muscles, which close it. I imagine triceps are extensor, while biceps are flexor.
Which muscle is a superficial anterior flexor muscle?
flexor digitorum superficialis
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).
What term describes a muscle that bends joints such as the elbow?
Flexor.
Does a flexor muscle open a joint?
No the flexor closes the joint.
The triceps are the major muscle of the calves?
No. The triceps is an upper arm muscle
What is a sentence with the word flexor in it?
The flexor is a muscle that bends part of your body.
