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Your elbow joint get extended. Your upper limb becomes straight.

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How does your triceps help you bend your arm?

Triceps does not help to bend your arm. It helps to straighten your upper limb across the elbow.


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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


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The triceps muscles extend (straighten) the arm, while the biceps muscles flex (bend) it at the elbow joint.


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.


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.


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The triceps.


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antagonist


What happens when you bend your arms?

When you bend your arms, the muscles in your biceps contract, causing your forearm to move towards your upper arm. This movement occurs at the elbow joint, which allows for the bending motion. Additionally, bending your arms can help you lift, push, or pull objects.


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.