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The bicep flexes the arm at the elbow.
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What do the triceps and biceps muscles do?
The triceps muscles extend (straighten) the arm, while the biceps muscles flex (bend) it at the elbow joint.
Where can biceps be found and what does it do?
The biceps are the muscles on your arm which bend your elbow. Ask someone to flex their arm, and they will 99 percent of the time show you their Bicep.
Explain the difference between extending and flexing your arm at the elbow?
When you straighten your arm or leg (as in a pushing movement), you EXTEND the arm or leg. When you bend your arm at the elbow or your leg at the knee, you FLEX the arm at the elbow and flex the leg at the knee.
What does the elbow do?
It help you move you arm to let it flex!
What muscles sole function is to flex the elbow?
brechioradialis
What are two major muscles used when flexing your arm?
When flexing your arm you would use shoulder muscles, mainly the deltoids and pectoralis major. If you flex your elbow (which most people think means flexing your arm, but is really the forearm), then you would use your biceps, brachialis. and brachioradialis muscles, which would be three muscles, depending on the orientation of the forearm.
What allows you to flex and extend your lower leg and upper arms?
flexing is tightening of your muscles, and joints bend to let you extend your arm from the elbow and shoulder
What muscles extend flex the arm?
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What is the action of the flexor carpi radialis muscles?
Function: flexion and radial deviation of the wrist, along with other muscles which flex the wrist and radially deviate the wrist, weak pronation of the forearm along with other muscles which pronate the forearm and weak flexion of the elbow along with other muscles which flex the elbow
What is the function of biceps brachii?
The function of the biceps brachii is to flex your arm at the elbow. However, even though that is the most visible muscle, the brachialis muscle is considered the prime mover in flexing at the elbow.
Muscles cause elbow extension?
Muscles within the brachium are responsible for the extension of the elbow. These muscles also work for the flexing of the arm as well.
What four muscles flex the elbow in supination and pronation?
brachialis,brachioradialis, triceps brachil
