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Flexor
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What is the name of a muscle that closes a joint?
Flexor
Does a flexor muscle open a joint?
No the flexor closes the joint.
A body joint that opens and closes?
The knee joint is an example of a body joint that opens and closes as it flexes and extends during movement.
When two muscles work together to produce a movement the muscle that closes the joint is called what?
The muscle that closes the joint during movement is called the "agonist" or "prime mover." It contracts to create the desired action, while the opposing muscle, known as the "antagonist," relaxes to allow the movement to occur.
What is the muscle that closes a joint?
Muscles that brings the two (or more) bones that form it closer are called flexors.
What muscle closes the eyelids?
Obicularis Occuli Muscle
Name a muscle that closes the eye?
Orbicularis oculi muscle
What is the muscle that closes and retracts the mandible?
Temporalis
What is the muscle closes the jaw?
The masseter muscle. both masseter and temporalis :)100%
What is the name of the large muscle at the top of the thigh that covers the hip joint in the posterior?
The large muscle at the top of the thigh that covers the hip joint in the posterior is called the gluteus maximus.
What opens and closes bivalve shells?
The adductor Muscle
What are single joint muscles?
Single joint muscles are muscles that cross and act on only one joint. They are primarily responsible for producing movement at that specific joint, such as the biceps muscle that crosses the elbow joint to bend the forearm.
