muscles in our body

how does your biceps muscle change as you bend your elbow?

it contrast and shortens

why is it important that your cardiac and smooth muscles are involuntary?

it is important that the cardiac and smooth muscles are involuntary because it will be hard to control it and we are going to have a hard time trying to control it.

what happens to your triceps muscle when you bend your elbow?

longer and relaxes

when you bend your elbow your biceps muscle in front of your arm gets shorter and fatter, what happens to your triceps when you bend your elbow?

longer and skinnier

do the muscles in your heart get tired like your skeletal muscles? why or why not?

no because the muscles in your heart are involuntary

what happens to your triceps when you straighten your elbow?

shorter and looser

what is another example of your body in the skeletal muscles working together in a pair to move a joint in your body?

the muscles in your thigh/femur

how do muscles in your hands and arm feel after lifting a book up and closing the paper clip for a while?

the muscles start to get tired

what is another name for your skeletal muscle? why is it called that?

the striated muscle because it looks like a tube

what connects you skeletal muscle to your bones to help you move your bones?

the tendon.

what are the three types of muscles and where can you find them in your body?

the three types of muscles in our body are skeletal, cardiac and smooth muscles, you can find the skeletal muscle in your bones. the cardiac muscle can be found in your heart. the smooth muscle can be found in your skin.

what happens to your biceps when you straighten your elbow?

tighter and longer

how to both of these muscles change as you straighten your elbow?

triceps contrast and biceps shorten and relaxes

how does your triceps and biceps muscles work together as a pair when you bend and straighten your elbow?

when one muscle contracts and shortens the other muscle relaxes and lengthens

where can you find smooth muscle in your body?

you can find smooth muscle in your blood vessels, organs and your skin

the muscles in our fingers are attached to you phalanges by small tendons. imagine if one of these tendons were cut. how do you think it would affect the movement of your fingers?

you would not be able to let blood pass through your fingers

what is another bone in your body that works in a pair like your elbow?

your knee

what is the difference between an involuntary muscle and a voluntary muscle? give an example of each one.

a involuntary muscle is when you cant control the muscle, for example, we cant control our heart beating. a voluntary muscle is when you can control the muscle, for example, we can control our legs.