Ch 6 Muscle Practical

Question 1

Give the name and action of the muscle pictured

Answer 1

adductor muscles

(adduct thigh)

Question 2

Give the name and action of the muscle pictured

Answer 2

biceps brachii

(flexes elbow and supinates forearm)

Question 3

Give the name and action of the muscle pictured

Answer 3

biceps femoris

(flex knee and extend hip)

Question 4

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Answer 4

brachialis

(flexes elbow)

Question 5

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Answer 5

brachioradialis

(pronates and supinates forearm)

Question 6

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Answer 6

buccinator

(compresses cheek)

Question 7

Give the name and action of the muscle pictured

Answer 7

deltoid

(abducts arm/humerus)

Question 8

Give the name and action of the muscle pictured

Answer 8

erector spinae

(extends back)

Question 9

Give the name and action of the muscle pictured

Answer 9

extensor carpi radialis longus

(exends wrist and abducts hand)

Question 10

Give the name and action of the muscle pictured

Answer 10

extensor digitorum

(extends fingers and wrist)

Question 11

Give the name and action of the muscle pictured

Answer 11

extensor digitorum longus

(extends toes and dorsiflexes foot)

Question 12

Give the name and action of the muscle pictured

Answer 12

external oblique

(flexes and rotates vertebral column)

Question 13

Give the name and action of the muscle pictured

Answer 13

fibularis longus

(plantar flex and evert foot)

Question 14

Give the name and action of the muscle pictured

Answer 14

flexor carpi radialis

(flexes wrist and abducts hand)

Question 15

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Answer 15

flexor carpi ulnaris

(flexes wrist and adducts hand)

Question 16

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Answer 16

flexor digitorum superficialis

(flexes wrists and fingers)

Question 17

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Answer 17

frontalis

(raises eyebrows)

Question 18

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Answer 18

gastrocnemius

(plantar flexes foot and flexes knee)

Question 19

Give the name and action of the muscle pictured

Answer 19

gluteus maximus

(extends hip)

Question 20

Give the name and action of the muscle pictured

Answer 20

gluteus medius

(abducts thigh)

Question 21

Give the name and action of the muscle pictured

Answer 21

iliopsoas

(flexes hip)

Question 22

Answer 22

latissimus dorsi

(extends and adducts humerus)

Question 23

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Answer 23

masseter

(closes jaw)

Question 24

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Answer 24

occipitalis

(moves scalp)

Question 25

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Answer 25

orbicularis oculi (blinks and closes eyes)

Question 26

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Answer 26

orbicularis oris (closes and protrudes lips)

Question 27

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Answer 27

pectoralis major (adducts and flexes arm)

Question 28

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Answer 28

platysma (pulls corners of mouth inferiorly)

Question 29

Answer 29

rectus abdominis (flexes vertebral column)

Question 30

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Answer 30

rectus femoris (extends knee and flexes hip on thigh)

Question 31

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Answer 31

sartorius (flexes, abducts, and rotates thigh on hip; flexes knee)

Question 32

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Answer 32

semimembranosus (flex knee and extend hip)

Question 33

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Answer 33

semitendinosus (flex knee and extend hip)

Question 34

Answer 34

soleus (plantar flexes foot)

Question 35

Answer 35

sternocleidomastoid (flexes neck; rotates head)

Question 36

Answer 36

temporalis (closes jaw)

Question 37

Answer 37

tibialis anterior (dorsiflexes and inverts foot)

Question 38

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Answer 38

trapezius (extends neck and adducts scapula)

Question 39

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Answer 39

triceps brachii (extends elbow)

Question 40

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Answer 40

vastus intermedius (extend knee)

Question 41

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Answer 41

vastus lateralis (extend knee)

Question 42

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Answer 42

vastus medialis (extend knee)

Question 43

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Answer 43

zygomaticus (raises corner of mouth)