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Flexors decrease the angles . Extensorsincrease the angles.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agodecreasing the angle of a joint is called flexion. this occurs many many places in the body. a specific group of muscle is responsible for this at each joint.
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What movement does not increase or decrease the angle between bones?
Rotation and supination do not increase or decrease the angle between bones.
Does extension decrease the angle between two bones?
Flexion decreases the angle between two bones in a joint. Extension increases that angle.
What are movements along the sagittal plane that decrease the angle between two bones?
Flexion is the general term for movements that decrease the angle between two bones; however, in the sagittal plane, the special term "adduction" is used for movements that decrease the angle between the limb and the midline.
What type of muscle contraction will shorten a muscle and decrease the angle between two bones?
Concentric isometric contraction
What Is the Relationship between Bones And Muscles?
muscles help bones move or do anything
What is movement during which the knees or elbows are bent to decrease the angle of the joint?
Flexion is movement during which the knees or elbows are bent to decrease the angle of the joint
The function of movement in the muscular system?
Muscles are attached to two different bones. When a muscle contracts, it shortens. When it shortens, the shortens the angle between the two bones causing movement.
What is a shortened distance between bone is called?
In normal anatomy, flexion is the movement that decreases the angle between the bones that form a joint. A pathological decrease within the joint of the distance between two bones may be termed a "loss of joint space."
Which statement gives the relationship between bones and muscles when one starts running?
muscles move but bones do not
Flexion and extension of the body?
flexion decreases in angle between articulating bones extension increases in angle between articulation bones
Do bones have muscles?
There are muscles attached to bones, but bones do not have muscles.
Give an example of the relation between skeletal and muscular system?
The muscles hold the bones up, and the bones back up the force of the muscles.
