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What is the main type of cell found in your muscle in your arm?
adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
What is the muscle that is located on the upper back half of the arm that extends the forearm?
Triceps
What is the muscle action that occurs when the muscle lengthens while exerting a force to overcome a resistance?
The muscle doesn't lengthen to exert a force. There is actually a muscle on the other side of the bone, that is contracting, exerting the force. Example, most everyone knows of the Bicep (the big muscle on the your arm that guys like to flex for the ladies). Well, the tricep is on the other side (on the back of your arm, connecting to the elbow) and that muscle contracts in order to extend your arm outwards.
What is the muscle on upper chest that adducts arm?
The biggest and most visable is Pectoralis major; that is the "pecks" in slang terms.
What is the source of chemical enegry used to power a muscle cell in your arm?
ATP is the source of chemical energy used to power a muscle cell in your arm.
What is thwe muscle found in the chest that adducts the arm?
The pectorals major
What major abductor muscle of the upper arm is the?
Teres major muscle
What is the largest muscle of the upper back?
Latissimus dorsi - this is the largest back muscle that runs from the lower back to the upper arm bone. It pulls the upper arm towards the body and acts as an internal rotator of the upper arm.
The triceps are the major muscle of the calves?
No. The triceps is an upper arm muscle
What is antagonist to the teres minor?
The teres major muscle is considered to be antagonistic to the teres minor muscle. The teres major muscle is a larger muscle located in the upper arm that works to extend, medially rotate, and adduct the arm, while the teres minor muscle is a smaller muscle that works to laterally rotate the arm.
What happens to the muscle when the arm is bent?
Which muscle? The biceps, at the front of the arm, get shorter, and the triceps, at the back, get longer.
Is the Triceps a muscle?
The triceps is the muscle at the back of your upper arm. It works to straighten your arm at the elbow.Yes, the tricep is located on the back of your arm in between your elbow and shoulder, closer to your shoulder though.
The major abductor muscle of the upper arm is?
latissimus dorsi.
Is the bicep located in the back or the front of your arm?
The bicep is the front part of your arm. The tricep is the muscle in the back part of the arm.
What muscle pulls arms backward?
The muscles that mainly pull arms backward are the triceps. These are muscles that are found on the back of the upper arm.
What muscle acting on the arm assists in deep inspiration?
pectoralis major
How do pectorals work?
The Pectoralis Major muscle attaches form the sternum, ribcage, and clavicle to the humerus. They share the function of Adducting the arm (pulling it down and in towards the body) when working with certain muscles of the back (like the latismuss dorsi). When working alone they pull the arm forward (from pointing out sideways to pointing forwards) the position of the "flexed" shoulder.
