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Are muscles that bend a joint called extensors?
Muscles that bend a joint are flexors; musces that straighten a joint are extensors.
What are the basic crutch muscles?
shoulder depressors, extensors, adductors and abductors. elbow extensors, wrist extensors and finger flexors.
Why are skeletal muscles often found in opposing pairs?
Skeletal muscles are found in pairs called flexors and extensors. The flexors bend a joint, and the extensors straighten the joint. Muscles cannot push; they only pull.
What do skeletal muscles always work in?
Skeletal muscles work in pairs: flexors and extensors
How many muscles are in the human thighs?
Three - extensors, flexors, and adductors.
What are the muscles in the hand and forearm called?
The two major groups are flexors and extensors.
What muscles do you use when you play video games?
Wrist/finger flexors and extensors and the muscles in the thumb. Not allot.
What are the differences between flexors and extensors?
There are flexors and extensors in the forearm and they control the movements of the hand and wrist. If you hold your hand out (with the palm down), the flexors allow your hand to bend downward. The extensors allow your hand to bend upward.
Are Muscles that bend a joint called extensors and muscles that straighten a joint called flexors?
Yes, that's true.False.
Skeletal muscles are attached to the bones of the appendicular skeleton in opposing pairs called?
flexors and extensors
Muscles in the legs?
3 Peronei, triceps surae, extensors and flexors of the toes and the 2 tibialis.
Is triceps are flexors true or false?
Triceps (the muscles behind/under your arm) are NOT flexors. They are extensors. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triceps_brachii_muscle You flex your biceps, not triceps.
