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What joint action occurs when the biceps muscles contract concentrically?
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∙ 14y ago
The bicep muscle relaxes. It is vice-versa when the bicep muscle contracts.
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∙ 11y ago
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Describe the action of your muscles when you bend your arm and then straighten it again?
The muscles in your arm never expand; so when you bend your arm, your biceps contract as your triceps return to their regular form. When you extend your arm, you triceps contract as your biceps return to their regular form.
How do muscles in your arm work together?
When you flex your arm your biceps contract, and your triceps extend. And when you unflex your arm the triceps contract and you biceps extend. The muscles work together to allow you to move your body.
When you move the muscles of your lower arm which muscles of your body contract and relax?
biceps and triceps respectively
When the arm is streched the biceps muscles become while the triceps muscles become?
The triceps be retact and contract
Muscle that has an action opposite to that of another muscle?
The biceps and triceps. When the biceps contract, the triceps relax. If you can flex it, there's an opposite action happening somewhere.
How do muscles bring about movement in an organism?
Contraction of the biceps and the relaxation of the triceps bend the arm .In straightening the arm the triceps contract and the biceps relax
When you perform flexion on your arm the biceps muscle contracts What happens to the triceps muscle on the posterior of the arm as you do this action?
The Triceps extend (Stretch out) as the biceps contract.
What are antagonist for the biceps?
The Triceps brachii
What contracts when the biceps relax?
The triceps contract when the biceps relax.And, vice versa. The triceps relax when the biceps contract.
What happens to muscles when you straighten your arm?
There are many arm muscles. The triceps (on the back of your upper-arm) contract when you straighten your arm, and the biceps (the front of the upper-arm) relaxes.
What are the antagonist in a seated row?
The primary antagonist muscles in a seated row are the pectoralis major, anterior deltoid, and biceps brachii. These muscles lengthen as the back muscles contract during the rowing motion.
How does the skeletal and muscular systems work together to raise and lower the forearm?
The biceps and triceps muscles work synergistically; the biceps muscles contracting concentrically and the triceps muscles contracting eccentrically when the forearm lifts, and it's the exact reverse when the forearm lowers.
