Muscles Flashcards
(12 cards)
What muscle is primarily involved in elbow flexion?
Biceps
What is the role of tendons in muscles?
Connect muscles to bones
What bone is commonly referred to as the shoulder blade?
Scapula
What is the term for the weight that a muscle must lift?
Load
What muscle works antagonistically to the biceps?
Triceps
In muscle contraction, what happens to the biceps?
Contracts
What is the primary action of the triceps?
Extends the elbow
Fill in the blank: The _____ is the muscle that assists in elbow flexion.
Biceps
True or False: The triceps contracts while the biceps relaxes during elbow extension.
True
What is the term for the muscle that opposes the action of another muscle?
Antagonist
What is an antagonistic pair in muscles?
An antagonistic pair refers to the act of one muscle contracting while the other relaxes.
Provide an example of an antagonistic pair in action.
When lifting something up, the bicep muscle contracts and the tricep relaxes.
