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What antagonistic muscle needs to be carefully stretched to avoid injury?
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When one skeletal muscle contracts and it opposing mucsle relaxes it is an example of?
antagonistic muscle action.
What tissue can contract and be stretched but not expand?
muscle
Does muscle contraction always promote movement?
No , a muscle may be stretched with out movement .
The skeletal muscle are maintained in a slightly stretched condition. how is this accomplished?
by the way they are attached to the skeleton
What happens when you get a hamstring injury?
It depends on the severity of the injury and the location. A tear in the muscle or tendon is called a strain.
A strain is an injury in which a muscle?
Over stretched or torn
What injury occurs when a muscle is over stretched?
CRAMPS
What kind of injury happens if a muscle is stretched too far?
boo boo strain
What an injury caused by a muscle being overstretched?
When a muscle is over stretched it is called hyperextension. This is sometimes called a pulled muscle. It can be anywhere from minor to severe.
What is the antagonistic muscle of the infraspinatus?
The pectoralis muscle.
How might an injury to an antagonistic muscle pair affect movement?
The injury would allow for the joint the muscles are attached to, to move in one direction...either only up becasue the lower muscle was damaged...or only down because the top muscle of the pair was damaged.
What is an injury caused by a muscle being overstretched?
When a muscle is over stretched it is called hyperextension. This is sometimes called a pulled muscle. It can be anywhere from minor to severe.
What type of injury is a pulled hamstring?
In case of a hamstring injury, one or more of the hamstring muscles get stretched too far. It is even possible that the muscle starts to tear. One is most likely to get this injury during exercises such as running or jumping.
How do muscles work in antagonistic?
When one muscle pulls, the other muscle relaxes.
What is the antagonistic muscle for quadriceps and biceps?
for biceps it is triceps
Muscle that work in opposite pairs are called?
antagonistic muscles
What is the antagonistic muscle if the vastus intermedius is the agonist?
because you suck
