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What happens when a muscle pulls a force on a bone?
skeletal muscles that are attached to ligaments that are attached to bone
What are the problems when a muscle over contracts?
A fully contracted muscle that remains in tetanus for a prolonged period can cramp, tear, and pull tendons from their insertions.
What does a muscle become when it contracts?
A muscle becomes shorter when it contracts.
Which muscle contracts for the foot to pull upward?
Tibialis anterior, extensor digitorum and halucis longus, peroneus tertius
When a muscle contracts how does its form change?
A muscle that contracts shortens whereas a muscle that relaxes lengthens.
What does a leg muscle do if you have to lift it up?
The muscles in your leg work against eachother.One contracts and one relaxes to push and pull the bones.
When one muscle contracts what happens to the opposing muscle?
When one muscle in a pair contracts the other expands.
When the muscle contracts it is?
Flexion
When muscle contracts it is?
Flexion
When a muscle contracts it?
shortens
Which muscles contracts when the leg is extended at the knee?
The muscle that contracts when the leg is extended at the knee is call the gastrocnemius muscle
When the muscle contracts what happens to the tendon and bone?
When the muscle contracts, the tendon pulls on the bone to create movement. The tendon is the connective tissue that attaches the muscle to the bone, so when the muscle contracts, it exerts force on the tendon, which in turn moves the bone.
