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what position of the arm is the biceps muscle shortened?
when you bend your arm
What is the muscle that causes parts of the body to bend?
A flexor is a muscle that causes a joint to bend. In contrast, an extension is a muscle that straightens a joint.
What happens to the muscle fibers in your biceps when you bend your arm?
it contracts
What do you think happened to the muscle fibers in your biceps?
When you bend your arm at the elbow and feel your biceps your upper arm muscle contracts.👏👏
What muscle bends the arm?
The muscle/muscles that bend your arms are called Flexor and Extensor.
where in the muscles would you find triceps?
They are the opposite muscle to the biceps. If you bend your arm to make the muscle on the top (the biceps) bulge, the muscle on the bottom (the triceps) relaxes. The triceps is on the back of your arm, and is used to straighten the elbow.
What could cause you to lose strength in your bicep?
Believe it or not, the bicep muscle has almost nothing to do with arm strength. That muscle is mostly responsible for allowing you to bend your arm or flex it towards your shoulder.
What causes your muscle in your arm too shrink?
lack of use.
Contraction of the ciliary muscle causes the lens to bend the light less?
false
What happens to the biceps when muscle contracts?
When a bicep contracts it pulls on tendons causing the arm to bend at the elbow.
What is the most familiar muscles of the upper arm?
The biceps is the muscle on the front of the upper arm; it bulges when you bend your arm at the elbow. The triceps is the muscle on the back of the upper arm. Note that "biceps" and "triceps" can be either singular or plural. It is incorrect to say "bicep" or "tricep."
How do skeletal muscles work as a pair to bend and straighten the arm at the elbow?
When you bend your elbow, the biceps muscle contracts. At the same time the antagonist muscle, that is the triceps muscle relaxes in synchronized manner. Vise verse action take place, when you straighten the arm at the elbow. Triceps contracts and biceps relaxes.
