MBLEx Review: Shortening Vs. Lengthening Muscles

This video explains the meaning of shortening muscles and lengthening muscle when describing muscle movements...

0:00 Shortening Vs. Lengthening Muscles Intro
0:13 Meaning of Shortening & Lengthening
0:36 Flexion at the Elbow Example
1:07 Extension at the Elbow Example
1:37 Outro

Whenever a muscle shortens, this means that the muscle responsible for the action is contracting, another name for this muscle is the agonist (or prime mover).

The opposite muscle or the opposing muscle is the muscle that is lengthening (or extending), another name for this muscle is the antagonist.

I would encourage you to make sure you know this information before going in to the MBLEx, it is likely that these words can show up on the MBLEx interchangeably, meaning that they could use any of these words, you must know their meaning...

I hope this helps you going forward...

Best of luck in study for the MBLEx

Very respectfully