Hughes_Elle Test Muscular System Flashcards
1
Q
- Skeletal muscles must work in pairs because…..
A
Muscle cells can only contract
- WKST - The Musclular System
2
Q
- Where in your body can you find a joint?
A
Your vertebral column, fingers, wrist, skull
- Movement at Joints
3
Q
- In the chicken wing, where is a flexor located?
A
Below the elbow on the lower part of the arm
- Questions - A Look Beneath The Skin
4
Q
- On the chicken wing the biceps brachii is a…
A
Flexor
- Questions - A Look Beneath The Skin
5
Q
- On a chicken wing, a tendon is located….
A
On the wrist
- Questions - A Look Beneath The Skin
6
Q
- On a chicken wing, the triceps brachii is an…
A
Extensor
- Questions - A Look Beneath The Skin
7
Q
- In the chicken wing, where is the extensor located?
A
Below the elbow on the upper part of the arm
- Questions - A Look Beneath The Skin
8
Q
- What muscle extends the leg at the knee?
A
Qaudriceps brachii
- CLF - Exterior Muscles Of The Body
9
Q
- Where is the pectoralis major located?
A
On your chest
- CLF - Exterior Muscles Of The Body
10
Q
- Where is the rectus abdominis located?
A
In the stomach
- CLF - Exterior Muscles Of The Body
11
Q
- Which muscle contracts so that you can bend your leg at the knee?
A
The hamstring
- CLF - Exterior Muscles Of The Body
12
Q
- What muscle raises your shoulders?
A
The trapezius
- CLF - Exterior Muscles Of The Body
13
Q
- What muscle has been strained when you have shin splints?
A
Tibialis Anterior
- CLF - Exterior Muscles Of The Body
14
Q
- What muscle is used to extend or staighten the leg?
A
Quadriceps femoris
- CLF - Exterior Muscles Of The Body
15
Q
- What muscle extends or straightens the forearm?
A
Triceps brachii
- WKST - The Muscular System
16
Q
- What muscles make up the Hamstring?
A
The illiotibial tract, adductor magnus and the bicep femoris
- CLF - Exterior Muscles Of The Body
17
Q
- What muscle is shaped like a kite?
A
The trapezius
- CLF - Exterior Muscles Of The Body
18
Q
- What muscle provides shape and support for the abdomen and its many organs?
A
Rectus abdominis
- WKST - The Muscular System
19
Q
- A triangular muscle that moves the arm away from the center of the body is…..
A
The deltoid
- CLF - Exterior Muscles Of The Body
20
Q
- Straplike muscles that extend from the ribs to the pelvis is…
A
Rectus abdominis
- WKST - The Muscular System
21
Q
- In the head, where is the zygomaticus located?
A
On either side of your ears by the zygomatic bone
- CLF - Muscles Of The Head
22
Q
- What is the major muscle to close the jaw?
A
Temporalis and masseter
- CLF - Muscles Of The Head
23
Q
- What muscle is used to move your eyebrows?
A
Frontalis
- CLF - Muscles Of The Head
24
Q
- Muscle tissue ________________, to make body parts move.
A
Contracts
- WKST - The Muscular System
25
Q
- What is the term that decreases the angle of the joint? Increases?
A
Flexion - decrease
Extension - increase
- WKST - The Muscular System
