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An extensor straightens part of your body.
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∙ 14y agoAn extensor muscle.
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A muscle that straightens part of your body is called?
Extender
What kind of muscle straightens part of your body?
Extensor
What is the muscle that causes parts of the body to bend?
A flexor is a muscle that causes a joint to bend. In contrast, an extension is a muscle that straightens a joint.
What are extensors?
Extensor muscles open a joint and are the opposite to flexor muscles, which close it. I imagine triceps are extensor, while biceps are flexor.
What type of muscle straightens a joint?
extensor
If Mini-you were using his extensor digiti minimi muscle what part of his body could he extend to the corner of his mouth?
The extensor digiti minimi extends the minimum digit, ie. it straightens the interphalangeal joints of the pinky finger.
Is the ciliary muscle part of the ciliary body?
the ciliary muscle is the smooth muscle of the ciliary body
How do muscles work to move the body?
It is the muscles that cause the body to move, by expanding and contracting by neural commands from the brain. The body moves, by expandong and contracting by neural command from the brain.One's brain sends electrical signals to stimulate contraction and relaxation of muscles, thus enabling movement of limbs. when the brain sends the signal to the muscle it causes the muscle to contract and relax when wanted.When one muscle contracts the other always relaxes as 2 muscles cannot contract at the same time.
What does extension do in relation to muscle movements?
To extend a muscle A MOTION IS MADE TO INCREASE AN ANGLE BETWEEN TWO BONES.
A muscle that bends part of your body is called?
A flexor muscle.
A muscle that raises a body part is called?
A muscle that is an elevator raises or lifts a part.
Muscle that bends a body part?
Flexor
