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What Muscles can contract while extending a joint or flexing a joint what is the name for these types of movements?
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When you straighten your fingers out are you extending or flexing?
Extending.
What is movements of muscle?
Muscle movements happen from contraction and relaxation of the muscle cells. The movement is similar to a rubber band, however relaxation makes the muscles longer.
What is the animal muscular system?
Like humans, animals also have to have the use of muscles to help provide movement and to some degree, protection. Its important for almost every living creature to have a muscle system. The muscles work in antagonistic pairs to provide different movements such as flexing and extending two different muscles play the different roles and while one is working the other is relaxing.
What muscles are used for flexing the knee?
the hamstring is used for flexing the knee
What is the action of the quadriceps muscle group?
Flexing the thigh, extending the leg, adducts leg
Does flexing help your muscles?
yes it helps
What actors and actresses appeared in Flexing Muscles - 2012?
The cast of Flexing Muscles - 2012 includes: Charles Fairbanks Serpiente Negro as Serpiente Negro
What can muscles be used for?
Bending moving straightning flexing
What of the ancient Olympics showed friendship?
flexing muscles
What happens when you flex your muscle?
The muscle in your arm contracts. The muscle on the other side of your arm, opposite from the side that you are flexing, stretches.
What are the differences between flexors and extensors?
There are flexors and extensors in the forearm and they control the movements of the hand and wrist. If you hold your hand out (with the palm down), the flexors allow your hand to bend downward. The extensors allow your hand to bend upward.
What are two major muscles used when flexing your arm?
When flexing your arm you would use shoulder muscles, mainly the deltoids and pectoralis major. If you flex your elbow (which most people think means flexing your arm, but is really the forearm), then you would use your biceps, brachialis. and brachioradialis muscles, which would be three muscles, depending on the orientation of the forearm.
