Midterm # 2 (lectures 11-18) Sample Questions

Question 1

Which muscle is attached to the ischial bone?

a) gluteus maximus
b) rectus femoris
c) hamstrings
d) gluteis medius
e) rectus abdominis
f) quadriceps femoris

Answer 1

Hamstrings

Question 2

Name the muscles attached to the femur:

a) Iliopsoas
b) gluteus medius
c) Castus intermedius
d) rectus femoris
e) hamstrings
f) Gluteus maximus

Answer 2

Iliopsoas, gluteus maximus, vastus intermedius, gluteus medius

Question 3

Name the muscle attached to the Calcaneus:

a) Adductors
b) Gluteus Minimus
c) Hamstrings
d) Gastrocnemius
e) Tibialis Anterior
f) Vastus medialis

Answer 3

Gastrocnemius

Question 4

Name the bone that the soleus is attached to:

a) Calcaneus
b) Proximal Femur
c) Gastrocenemius
d) Iliopsoas
e) Tibialis Anterior
f) Vastus lateralis

Answer 4

Calcaneus

Question 5

True or False: Velocity is defined as a body moving at constant speed.

Answer 5

true

Question 6

True or False: A change in speed is termed velocity.

Answer 6

False. The change in speed is acceleration

Question 7

True or False: Shoulder width relative to hip width is known as the Androgyny index.

Answer 7

true

Question 8

An active muscle contraction is:

a) myosin sliding over actin
b) myosin shortening
c) actin sliding over collagen
d) collagen sliding over actin
e) myosin sliding over collagen
f) actin sliding over myosin

Answer 8

An active muscle contraction happens when actin filaments slide over myosin filaments

Question 9

Proprioceptors monitor ____ feedback?

a) sensory feedback from musculoskeletal tissues
b) the position of the body in space
c) the acceleration of the body
d) the sensory feedback from semicircular canals

Answer 9

sensory feedback from musculoskeletal tissues

Question 10

Oxidative (aerobic) production of ATP occurs in:

a) golgi apparatus
b) mitochondria
c) sarcoplasm
d) sarcoplasmic reticulum
e) T - tubules

Answer 10

occurs in the mitochondria of the muscle cell