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What muscle causes a joint to straighten when it contracts?
The muscle that causes a joint to straighten when it contracts are the extensor muscles. These include the triceps that work with the biceps to extend the arm.
What is a muscle that causes a joint to straighten when it contracts?
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What is a muscle that causes a joint to straighten when it conttractscontracts?
Tricep.
What a muscle that causes a joint to straighten when it contracts?
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What kind of muscle causes a joint to straighten when it contracts?
The muscle that causes a joint to straighten when it contracts is called an extensor. Extensors work by increasing the angle between the bones at a joint, allowing for actions such as straightening the arm or leg. For example, the triceps muscle is an extensor that straightens the elbow joint when it contracts.
How does muscle bend and straighten a joint?
Muscles bend and flex by moving the arm to pick up an object or even weightlifting. you know lil Wayne
What causes the joint to straighten?
The right answer is StrainThat would depend on the joint. The knee joint is straightened with the quadricep muscle (thigh). And the elbow joint is straightened with the tricep muscle (back of the arm)LigamentsPerhaps extensor muscles. (ligaments function to hold joints together, they are not muscles.)
Contracting muscle responsible for bending a limb or joint?
Flexor
What contracts to extends or straighten the limb at the joint?
This type of muscle contracts to bend a limb at a joint
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 is the primary function of the knee extension muscle?
The primary function of the knee extension muscle is to straighten the leg by extending the knee joint.
How are muscles jointed?
Muscles are not jointed, though the bones they attach to may be. For example, your biceps muscle attaches to both your scapula (shoulder blade) and radius (one of the forearm bones). Contracting the muscle causes the elbow joint to bend.
