Axial Muscle

Question 1

What muscle elevates the eyebrows?

Answer 1

The frontalis

Question 2

What muscle closes the eye?

Answer 2

Orbitcularis oculi

Question 3

What muscle closes the lips?

Answer 3

Orbitcularis oris

Question 4

What raises the corner of the mouth for a smile?

Answer 4

Zygomaticus major

Question 5

What are Duchenne smiles?

Answer 5

Authentic smiles. Person uses both the zygomaticus major and the orbitcularis oculi

Question 6

What muscle makes you frown?

Answer 6

Depressor angulis oris

Question 7

What muscle supports the head?

Answer 7

Platysma

Question 8

______and______ muscles elevate the mandible and move its sideways

Answer 8

Temporalis, massester

Question 9

When we inhale, 3 sets of intercostal muscles pull ribs ____ and_____

Answer 9

superiorly and laterally

Question 10

The types of intercostal muscles

Answer 10

Innermost intercostal, internal intercostal and external intercostal

Question 11

When we exhale, the diaphragm’s central tendon pulls it ____ when relaxed

Answer 11

superiorly

Question 12

When we forcibly exhale, abdominal muscles contract, pushing abdominal contents up against diaphragm further decreasing ______

Answer 12

thoracic cage

Question 13

_______is the antagonist to the erector spinae muscles. When contracted it pulls the abdomen and thorax into a c-curve

Answer 13

Rectus abdominus

Question 14

_____ and ______contract to laterally flex the vertebral column, allowing twisting of the abdomen/thorax

Answer 14

Internal and external obliques

Question 15

Deep ________muscles are “core stabilizers”. Abdominal/thoracic immobilization require contraction of the transverse abdominal

Answer 15

transverse abdominal

Question 16

What flexes, adducts, and medially rotates humerus?

Answer 16

Pectoralis major

Question 17

______can flex, extend, medially rotate, or abduct arm depending on which fibers are active

Answer 17

Deltoid

Question 18

_____ and_____muscles are both involved in retraction of the scapulae and movement of the shoulder

Answer 18

Trapezius and rotator cuff

Question 19

Antagonist to abs

Maintains posture and rigidity when bending forward

Answer 19

Erector spinae

Question 20

Upper limb movement

Answer 20

Latissimus dorsi

Question 21

Latissimus dorsi works to pull the crossbar down.

Answer 21

Adducts, extends, and medially rotates humerus