Your elbow and the muscles around it form a lever system for lifting things. Your biceps reaches from your upper arm and inserts 2 inches beyond your elbow joint. If you hold a barbell in your hand, the weight you are lifting when you do a bicep curl is 12 inches from your elbow joint. What is the mechanical ratio (Fload / Fmuscle) for the elbow in this case? O O 0.166 0.33 1 3 6

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Your elbow and the muscles around it form a lever system for lifting things. Your
biceps reaches from your upper arm and inserts 2 inches beyond your elbow
joint. If you hold a barbell in your hand, the weight you are lifting when you do a
bicep curl is 12 inches from your elbow joint. What is the mechanical ratio
(Fload / Fmuscle) for the elbow in this case?
0.166
0.33
1
3
Transcribed Image Text:Your elbow and the muscles around it form a lever system for lifting things. Your biceps reaches from your upper arm and inserts 2 inches beyond your elbow joint. If you hold a barbell in your hand, the weight you are lifting when you do a bicep curl is 12 inches from your elbow joint. What is the mechanical ratio (Fload / Fmuscle) for the elbow in this case? 0.166 0.33 1 3
For the elbow system again, what is the velocity ratio (x hand / x biceps) when
you do a bicep curl?
0.166
0.33
1
3
Transcribed Image Text:For the elbow system again, what is the velocity ratio (x hand / x biceps) when you do a bicep curl? 0.166 0.33 1 3
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