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The biceps brachii is the muscle on the front of your upper arm. Its purpose is to pull bend your arm at the elbow (flexion).
It is one of an antagonistic pair of muscles. The other muscle is the triceps brachii on the back of the upper arm. It straightens (extends) your arm at the elbow.
The biceps are used to flex the lower arm up to the upper arm. They also allow the wrists to suppinate.
It helps in flexioning the forearm against the arm
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y ago(Biceps brachii-arms)
generally the biceps is thought of as a flexor, but it is actually the coracobrachiallis which pushes the bicep muscle upwards making it look big, although there is contraction of the biceps
biceps alone is a moderatly weak flexor but a strong supinator - which is the process of twisting arm until your thumb sticks outwards.
There is also a biceps femoris, as part of the hamstring muscle group, being a flexor muscle of the knee and hip (thigh) and plays a dominant role during walking or running.
coracobrachialis represents the degenerated medialcompartmentof the arm. the muscle lies just medial to the short head of biceps. The bulge of the biceps is primarily due to the biceps itself. Brachialis muscle makes it appear more bulky.
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∙ 15y agobiceps pull thing seg. if your rowing you PULL the oar back towards you, youd b using ur biceps. your triceps do the opposite and push eg. pushing a box would be working your triceps :)
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∙ 15y agoThe bicep muscle is used to raise your hand towards your shoulder. It is the muscle that allows you to scratch your nose with your hand.
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∙ 12y agoIt's responsible for pulling.
When you pull something with your arms, you generally engage your biceps and when you push something, you use your triceps
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∙ 12y agoto pull the forearm up or closer to the body
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Function of the biceps brachii?
a muscle covered to our hands
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 is te primary function of biceps brachii muscle?
The primary function of the biceps is to supinate the hand. Secondary functions are bending the arm around the axis of the elbow and raising the elbow above the shoulder.(Source: Arthur Jones)
What leg muscles are similar in function to the triceps and biceps in the arm?
The Quadriceps extend just like the triceps, which include the rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus medialis, and vastus intermedius. The Hamstrings flex just like the biceps, which include the biceps femoris, semitendinosus, and semimembranosus. Quads extend, Triceps extend Hamstrings flex, arm biceps (biceps brachii, brachialis) flex
What is the function of biceps brachii?
The function of the biceps brachii is to flex your arm at the elbow. However, even though that is the most visible muscle, the brachialis muscle is considered the prime mover in flexing at the elbow.
What is the function of the musculocutaneous?
The function of the musculotaneous nerve is to supply motor fibers to the biceps brachii and brachialis muscles as well as providing cutaneous sensation of the lateral forearm.
What is biceps debridement?
Biceps debridement is removal of devitalized tissue from the biceps.
What is the scientific name of the biceps?
The scientific name for the biceps muscle is "biceps brachii." It is a two-headed muscle located in the upper arm that is responsible for flexing the elbow and rotating the forearm.
What are facts about the biceps and triceps.?
biceps are on your upper arm and triceps are below your biceps
Is a bicep a type of arm muscle?
Bicep translates from latin to mean "two heads" and this describes the most notable feature of the muscle. The biceps brachi is one of the muscle in the arm that acts on the elbow joint to suppinate (primary function) and to flex (secondary function) the forearm. There is however another biceps muscle in the body, this is why the one in the arm is given the full name "biceps brachi" to deistinguish it from the "biceps femoris". This muscle is again two headed but this time is is present on the femur, the bone in the thigh. It is one of the three muscles that forms the hamstring and as such it is involed in the flexion of the knee joint.
What function do th triceps serve?
The primary function ofthe biceps brachi is suppination of the forarm, only when the forearm is suppinated does the biceps brachi assist brachialis in flexion of the elbow. The Triceps brachi is the only significant extensor of the elbow joint.
What sentence has the word biceps in it and is easy to write?
Watch me flex my biceps. My biceps hurt.
