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What is the role of the reciprocal innervation in the biceps and triceps reflexes?
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What characteristics do the reflexes have in common?
The reflexes that have one thing in common are the knee, ankle, plantar jerk, biceps, and triceps. They are all governed by reflex arcs in the spine.
When the triceps contract what do the biceps do?
The triceps and biceps are antagonistic muscle groups; the triceps straighten the arm and the biceps pull it in the opposite way. Therefore, when the triceps contract, the biceps lengthen.
What are facts about the biceps and triceps.?
biceps are on your upper arm and triceps are below your biceps
What contracts when the biceps relax?
The triceps contract when the biceps relax.And, vice versa. The triceps relax when the biceps contract.
What is reciprocal contraction and relaxation of muscle?
Reciprocal innervation occurs when the prime mover contracts, such as the triceps in an arm extension and its antagonist -- the biceps -- relaxes. This allows the movement, say of a punch, to be ballistic rather than positional or gradual. The purpose of the antagonist is to stop the extension of the joint to avoid injury or to achieve a particular joint angle for a task, such as reaching for something.
How are triceps and biceps useful?
When your biceps contract (and your triceps relax), your arm bends at the elbow. When your triceps contract (and your biceps relax), your arm straightens. The biceps and triceps enable you to bend or extend your arm at the elbow.
What are triceps biceps and hamstrings?
triceps and biceps are related (triceps for extemsion of the arm, biceps for flexion). Hamstrings are at a different place (in the leg). No relation
What biceps and triceps called?
The biceps and triceps are muscles. They flex and extend the forearm, respectively, so they are considered antagonists.
Are triceps and biceps present in the legs?
No, the triceps and biceps are only present in the upper arms.
What muscle work with triceps muscles to bend?
i am not sure but it might have something to do with your triceps and biceps
What kind of muscles are triceps and biceps?
The biceps and triceps muscles are examples of skeletal or striated muscle.
What is the antagonistic muscle for quadriceps and biceps?
for biceps it is triceps
