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What does the triceps muscle do when the bicep contracts and gets shorter?
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What happens when the biceps muscle contracts?
When the bicep contracts the triceps relax
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 happens to the bicep and triceps to raise the forearm?
the biceps contracts and the triceps relax
Which muscle is an antagonist to your triceps?
the bicep
What muscle is felt when the lower arm was raised?
The two main muscles of the arm are known as the bicep and triceps. When the lower arm is raised from resting position, the bicep contracts and feel hard.
What short muscle is a synergist of triceps brachii?
brachialis
What muscle must contracts to straighten the arm?
When you straighten your arm your bicep is relaxed and your tricep is contracted.
What muscle straightens the arm?
The triceps are responsible for straighting and the bicep is for curling muscle.
What happens to the bicep when your tricep contracts?
When the biceps contracts the triceps relaxes slowly. It happens when your arm is bent.
What muscle is the antagonist to the bicep?
The triceps brachii is the antagonist to the biceps brachii.
What is the antagonistic muscle to the bicep?
The triceps brachii is the antagonist to the biceps brachii.
Which muscle relaxes when arm is strightened?
The bicep muscle. The tricep contracts to straighten the arm as the bicep relaxes.
