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Extensor muscles help to straighten or extend the joint while flexors do the opposite, bending it.
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Are the triceps a flexor or extensor?
extensor
Is the shin a flexor or extensor?
Extensor
What does the 'extensor muscle' do?
Extensor muscles open a joint and are the opposite to flexor muscles, which close it. I imagine triceps are extensor, while biceps are flexor.
An exception to this generalization is the extensor flexor musculature of where?
the knee
What is the wrist flexor that follows the ulna?
Extensor carpi radialis longus and Extensor carpi radialis brevis.
Is the trapezius a flexor or an extensor?
Extensor. It will extend the neck and adduct the scapula.
The muscles on your lower arm are the?
There's more than one: flexor carpi radialis palmaris longus flexor carpi ulnaris pronator teres flexor digitorum superficialis (sublimis) flexor digitorum profundus flexor pollicis longus pronator quadratus brachioradialis extensor carpi radialis longus extensor carpi radialis brevis extensor digitorum (communis) extensor digiti minimi (proprius) extensor carpi ulnaris abductor pollicis longus extensor pollicis brevis extensor pollicis longus extensor indicis (proprius) supinator anconeus
What are all tendons in the human hand?
extensor digitorum, extensor indicis, extensor digiti minimi, flexor digitorum superficialis, and the flexor digitorum profundus. There are also extrinsic muscles that work only in the thumb; these include the flexor pollicis longus, extensor pollicis longus, extensor pollicis brevis, and adbuctor pollicis longus
An extensor-flexor muscle not located in the anterior or posterior?
The muscles of the legs do not follow the generalization that extensor muscles are on the posterior and flexor muscles are on the anterior.
Do skeletal muscles work in paires?
All skeletal muscles will have a flexor and an extensor. The flexor bends the joint. The extensor straightens it out again.
Is tricepes flexor?
Triceps muscle is not a flexor. Triceps is an extensor of elbow joint. Biceps muscle is flexor.
What muscle is associated with the hand?
There are many muscles in the hand. Here are a few: extensor carpi radialis brevis extensor carpi radialis longus extensor carpi ulnaris extensor digitorum communis extensor indicis proprius extensor digiti minimi abductor pollicis longus extensor pollicis brevis extensor pollicis longus flexor carpi ulnaris flexor digitorum profundus flexor digitorum superficialis flexor carpi radialis flexor carpi ulnaris palmaris longus flexor pollicis longus abductor pollicis brevis flexor pollicis brevis opponens pollicis adductor pollicis palmaris brevis abductor digiti minimi flexor digiti minimi opponens digiti minimi Then each finger has a set of lumbrical muscles and 3 volar and 4 dorsal muscles
