The heart contracts independently ad spontaneously. Otherwise, you would have to consciously think about making it beat, and would probably die.
A muscle becomes shorter when it contracts.
Spikes of electrical activity recorded during an EMG that reflect the number of motor units activated when the patient voluntarily contracts a muscle
A muscle that contracts shortens whereas a muscle that relaxes lengthens.
When one muscle in a pair contracts the other expands.
Yes
skeletal muscle
Flexion
Flexion
shortens
shortens
The muscle that contracts when the leg is extended at the knee is call the gastrocnemius muscle
When the bicep contracts the triceps relax