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What happens when the deltoid contracts concentrically?
When the Deltoid contracts the humerus abducts.
What muscle concentrically contracts when descending stairs?
Quads
What movement occurs when the subscapularis contracts concentrically?
Internal rotation of the shoulder
Which muscles contracts when the leg is extended at the knee?
The muscle that contracts when the leg is extended at the knee is call the gastrocnemius muscle
What happens to the gastrocnemius muscle when the shank is flexed as in walking?
It contracts, getting shorter and thicker.
What happends to the gastrocnemius when you stand on the balls of your feet lifting your heels off the ground?
It contracts
What is the gastronemius?
The gastrocnemius muscle is located with the soleus in the posterior (back) compartment of the leg. It is associated with the "bulge" in the calf muscle.
Which muscle that will make the knee bend when it contracts. Which muscle that will make the leg straighten at the knee when it contracts. which of that two muscle is a lexor and an extensor?
The flexor would be the hamstring, and gastrocnemius, which bend/flex the knee. The quadriceps, are extensors, which straighten/extend the knee.
What muscle inserts on the calcaneus bone via the calcaneal tendon?
The gastrocnemius, soleus and peroneus longus muscles insert at the heel (calcaneus) by way of the Achilles (calcaneal) tendon.
What is the synergist muscle for the gastrocnemius?
Gastrocnemius
What does concentrically mean?
The word concentrically simply means in a concentric manner. Concentric is a term used to describe spheres of different sizes with a common middle point.
What does the contraction of the gastrocnemius muscle usually result in?
type of contraction of gastrocnemius muscle?
