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Whathappens when to your upper arm muscle when you bend your arm at the elbow?
Wiki User
∙ 2010-03-17 03:27:34
your bicep (upper arm muscle) gets smaller/ contracts and pulls the lower arm up
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∙ 2010-03-17 03:27:34
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What muscle is contracted to bend the elbow?
The biceps brachii muscle is contracted to bend the elbow; to straighten the elbow the triceps brachii muscle is contracted.
When you bend you elbow what is the tricep muscle acting as in relation to the biceps muscle?
when you bend your elbow, what is the triceps muscle acting as in relation to the biceps muscle
What happens to the muscles in your upper arm when you bend your arm at the elbow?
The biceps muscle flexes and the triceps extends.
What do you think happened to the muscle fibers in your biceps?
When you bend your arm at the elbow and feel your biceps your upper arm muscle contracts.👏👏
What muscle contracts to bend the elbow?
Contracts
Muscle that allows you to bend or flex the elbow?
Biceps
Muscle that allows you to bend elbow?
Biceps Brachii
When you bend your elbow what triceps muscle acting as in relation to the biceps muscle?
An Antagonist
What muscle works with the triceps to enable you to bend your elbow?
Biceps.
What must the bicep muscle do to bend the elbow?
contract/flex
What is the most familiar muscles of the upper arm?
The biceps is the muscle on the front of the upper arm; it bulges when you bend your arm at the elbow. The triceps is the muscle on the back of the upper arm. Note that "biceps" and "triceps" can be either singular or plural. It is incorrect to say "bicep" or "tricep."
What does the bicep muscle do when you bend the elbow?
It either expands or contracts depending on which way you're bending your elbow.
