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When your arm is bent, your biceps flex and your triceps relax. When your arm is straight, your biceps relax and your triceps flex. This opposing set of muscles allows you to push and pull things efficiently.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe muscles in your arm will move. For example, your bicep is contracting while your triceps is stretching.
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∙ 14y agoslowly your tricep will begin to retract which will mean that your muscle tissue from your bicep will tear so that both muscles will gradually heal which will make them bigger, one way you can easily make your bicep bigger is by kettle 3 times of day, it as been proven.
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∙ 12y agoThe biceps muscle contracts (which is to say, gets shorter) when you bend your arm. It relaxes when you extend your arm.
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∙ 15y agobiceps are lengthened and triceps are contracted
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What happens when you bend your arms?
your biceps contract and your triceps relax
What muscle work with triceps muscles to bend?
i am not sure but it might have something to do with your triceps and biceps
When you bend your elbo what is the triceps 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
How are triceps and biceps useful?
When your biceps contract (and your triceps relax), your arm bends at the elbow. When your triceps contract (and your biceps relax), your arm straightens. The biceps and triceps enable you to bend or extend your arm at the elbow.
What 2 muscle work to bend or straighten your elbow?
The biceps and the triceps.-McKenzie
What muscle group helps you bend your arms?
Your triceps and your biceps. These muscles are part of the skeletal muscle group they move by contracting and relaxing.
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.
How do muscles bring about movement in an organism?
Contraction of the biceps and the relaxation of the triceps bend the arm .In straightening the arm the triceps contract and the biceps relax
When you bend your elbow what triceps muscle acting as in relation to the biceps muscle?
An Antagonist
where in the muscles would you find triceps?
They are the opposite muscle to the biceps. If you bend your arm to make the muscle on the top (the biceps) bulge, the muscle on the bottom (the triceps) relaxes. The triceps is on the back of your arm, and is used to straighten the elbow.
Describe the action of your muscles when you bend your arm and then straighten it again?
The muscles in your arm never expand; so when you bend your arm, your biceps contract as your triceps return to their regular form. When you extend your arm, you triceps contract as your biceps return to their regular form.
What biceps and triceps are?
Bicep curls are when you hold a dumbell, arms by your side, and bend your elbows, lifting the weight towards your shulders. Your lower arms should not move, and your elbows should point down. Tricep EXTENSIONS are when your arm is in the air, you bend your elbow, lowwering your upper arm, lower arm stays as is, and go back to start postion. You should feel a strain where your triceps are. (triceps opposite side of arm as biceps, biceps shown on top when you flex your arm)
