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When the biceps contracts the triceps relaxes slowly. It happens when your arm is bent.
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∙ 13y agoWhen triceps are in contraction (flexion), automatically biceps should be in extension. Biceps and triceps are antagonist in function.
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When you straighten your arm the tricep and the bicep?
The tricep contracts and the bicep relaxes.
Which muscles contract when forearm is flexed at the elbow?
Both the tricep and the bicep are muscles which control rotational movement at the elbow. The bicep contracts when the forearm is flexed, and the tricep contracts when the forearm is extended.
Which muscle relaxes when arm is strightened?
The bicep muscle. The tricep contracts to straighten the arm as the bicep relaxes.
When the bicep contacts what muscle relaxes?
When the bicep contracts, the tricep relaxes. These pair of muscles are known as antagonists which means as one contracts, the other relaxes and vice versa.
What causes your arm to bend?
The bicep contracts while the tricep relaxes
Bending the arm what the muscles are doing?
The Bicep muscle (one on top) is contracting The Tricep muscle (one below) if relaxing The Bicep and Tricep muscles are antagonistic- they work as opposites, so when one contracts, the other relaxes.
Does the deltoid control the bicep and tricep?
The tricep
What happens when the biceps muscle contracts?
When the bicep contracts the triceps relax
What does the arm do when the bicep relaxes?
muscles work in pairs so when the bicep relaxes the tricep contracts, these actions create elbow extention (arm lowering) creating an objuce angle- lowering stage in a bicep curl
How does the triceps and biceps work together to straighten your arm?
When lowering arm biceps relax and triceps contracts. When one contracts the other relaxes when you move it forward and downward.
What is an antonym for bicep?
tricep
Describe what happens to the shape of the tricep when it contracts?
It morphs into a diaper.
