Exam III review from Class

Question 1

What does the transverse abdominus do?

Answer 1

plays a major role in forced expiration

Question 2

What are the three layers of muscles that cover the transverse abdominal wall?

Answer 2

Transverse Abdominus
Rectus abdominus
internal oblique

Question 3

What movements does the rectus abdominus do?

Answer 3

flexion and backward tilt

Question 4

What movements does the internal oblique do?

Answer 4

Flexion, lateral flexion, rotation, and backward tilt

Question 5

Where does the internal oblique’s middle fibers run?

Answer 5

upward and forward direction.

Question 6

What are the dorsi flexors of the foot?

Answer 6

tibialis anterior,
extensor digitorum longus,
Extensor hallicus longus

Question 7

What are the plantar flexors of the ankle?

Answer 7

peroneous brevis/longus, 
gastrocnemius, 
soleous, 
flexor digitorum longus, 
tibialis posterior, 
flexor hallicus longus

Question 8

What are the inverters of the ankle?

Answer 8

Tibialis anterior
extensor hallicus longus,
flexor digitorum longus,
flexor hallicus longus

Question 9

What are the everters of the ankle?

Answer 9

extensor digitorum longus

peroneous brevis/ longus

Question 10

What combination of movements makes up pronation of the foot?

Answer 10

Eversion, and dorsi-flexion

Question 11

What combination of movements makes up supination in the foot?

Answer 11

inversion and plantar-flexion

Question 12

What muscles make up the knee joint?

Answer 12

guads, hamstrings, calf muscles

Question 13

What three muscles form the hamstrings group?

Answer 13

biceps femoris, semitendinosis, and semimembranosis

Question 14

What action does the tensor fascia latae perform at the knee joint?

Answer 14

contracts the iliotibial band of the fibrous connective tissue, which stabilizes the femur, tibia, and thigh.