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What contracts to extends or straighten the limb at the joint?
This type of muscle contracts to bend a limb at a joint
What kind of muscle causes a joint to straighten when it contracts?
The muscle that causes a joint to straighten when it contracts is called an extensor. Extensors work by increasing the angle between the bones at a joint, allowing for actions such as straightening the arm or leg. For example, the triceps muscle is an extensor that straightens the elbow joint when it contracts.
What muscle causes a joint to straighten when it contracts?
The muscle that causes a joint to straighten when it contracts are the extensor muscles. These include the triceps that work with the biceps to extend the arm.
What is a muscle that causes a joint to straighten when it contracts?
strain
What muscle causes a joint to straigten when it contracts?
your triceps
What a muscle that causes a joint to straighten when it contracts?
strain
When the muscle contracts it pulls on and moves that bone at the joint?
ligament
What is the Difference between a muscle strain and a muscle sprain?
NO, You misunderstand the definitions. A sprain affects a joint and a strain affects a muscle E.G. I sprained my ankle and strained my calf. NO, You misunderstand the definitions. A sprain affects a joint and a strain affects a muscle E.G. I sprained my ankle and strained my calf.
When a muscle contrats what happens to its opposite muscle?
depends on which muscle but the opposite muscle sometimes contracts aswell to stabalize the joint some relaxes ...
Which muscle does NOT flex the elbow?
The triceps brachii muscle does not flex the elbow; it is responsible for extending the elbow joint when it contracts.
What will happen at the knee joint when triceps contracts?
The triceps is a muscle in the upper arm that extends the elbow. It has no direct relationship to the knee.
As one muscle contracts the must relax.?
Yes. If not, the action at the joint will be incomplete and dysfunctional. As a whole, a muscle fiber is either contracted or relaxed (the all-or-none principal).
