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What does liagament mean?
tough tissue connecting body parts: a sheet or band of tough fibrous tissue that connects bones or cartilage at a joint or supports an organ, muscle, or other body part
What kind of joint is the joint between the trapezium and the first metacarpal?
saddle joint
Why is the hip joint stronger than the shoulder joint?
The hip joint is a weight bearing structure and is therefore designed differently to allow controlled movement and yet retain strength and stability. The Shoulder in contrast is designed mainly for a range of movement far beyond the hip still controlled but not as stable and as strengthened as the hip
What is the type of joint formed by the phalanges?
a shalingwe and Johnson joint. AFRICANS
What is a pivot joint similar to?
it is similar to a saddle joint
What is a muscle that causes a joint to straighten when it contracts?
strain
What a muscle that causes a joint to straighten when it contracts?
strain
What contracts to extends or straighten the limb at the joint?
This type of muscle contracts to bend a limb at a joint
What is a muscle that causes a joint to straighten when contracting?
strain
What is a muscle that causes a joint to straighten when it conttractscontracts?
Tricep.
What muscle causes a joint to straigten when it contracts?
your triceps
Why muscles have to work in pairs?
Skeletal muscles only pull in one direction. For this reason they always come in pairs. When one muscle in a pair contracts, to bend a joint for example, its counterpart then contracts and pulls in the opposite direction to straighten the joint out again.
What causes the joint to straighten?
The right answer is StrainThat would depend on the joint. The knee joint is straightened with the quadricep muscle (thigh). And the elbow joint is straightened with the tricep muscle (back of the arm)LigamentsPerhaps extensor muscles. (ligaments function to hold joints together, they are not muscles.)
How do skeletal muscles work as a pair to bend and straighten the arm at the elbow?
When you bend your elbow, the biceps muscle contracts. At the same time the antagonist muscle, that is the triceps muscle relaxes in synchronized manner. Vise verse action take place, when you straighten the arm at the elbow. Triceps contracts and biceps relaxes.
When the muscle contracts it pulls on and moves that bone at the joint?
ligament
What is the muscle that causes parts of the body to bend?
A flexor is a muscle that causes a joint to bend. In contrast, an extension is a muscle that straightens a joint.
What is the primary function of the knee extension muscle?
The primary function of the knee extension muscle is to straighten the leg by extending the knee joint.
