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The tricep contracts and the bicep relaxes.
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Which muscle relaxes when arm is strightened?
The bicep muscle. The tricep contracts to straighten the arm as the bicep relaxes.
What is the opposing muscle of the bicep?
bicep- it bends the arm while the triceps straighten the arm.
Are tricep and biceps partners?
bicep is the muscle on the front upper arm used to bend arm. Tricep is on the back of the upper arm, used to straighten arm, so, I guess they could be considered partners.
Do you use both the bicep and the tricep to straighten the arm?
No. Try and feel. Only triceps is contracted, biceps bend the arm over the elbow joint.
What muscle must contracts to straighten the arm?
When you straighten your arm your bicep is relaxed and your tricep is contracted.
What happens to the triceps when you put your arm down?
Putting your arm down engages the triceps. The primary function of this muscle is to allow you to straighten your arm at the elbow. The tricep is the antagonist of the bicep.
What are the muscles in the upper arm that cause it to straighten?
Tricep brachii is responsible for extension (straightening) of the arm at the elbow. There are 3 heads of the Tricep; the long, lateral and medial heads. The Tricep is an antagonist of the bicep and brachialis muscles of the upper arm, which both assist in flexion at the elbow joint.
Does tricep bend your arm?
Yes your tricep and bicep both work together to help bend your arm.
What muscle do you need for arm wrestling?
tricep and bicep
What is it that muscles are not able to do?
Muscles can only pull not push. That is why they work in pairs an example is your tricep and bicep, your bicep pulls your arm up and your tricep pulls your arm down.
How does the triceps and biceps work together to straighten your arm?
When lowering arm biceps relax and triceps contracts. When one contracts the other relaxes when you move it forward and downward.
Is the bicep located in the back or the front of your arm?
The bicep is the front part of your arm. The tricep is the muscle in the back part of the arm.
