ms - vocab test 1

Question 1

planter flextion

Answer 1

pointing the foot away from the shin

Question 2

abduction

Answer 2

moving a limb away from the midline of the body

Question 3

when the prime mover is ____, the antagonist is ____.

Answer 3

active, relaxed

Question 4

eversion

Answer 4

turning the sole of the foot away from the midline of the body

Question 5

inversion

Answer 5

turning the sole of the foot toward the midline of the body

Question 6

any action performed by one group of muscles, another muscle group can ____

Answer 6

reverse

Question 7

hyperextension

Answer 7

the straightening of a joint beyond 180 degrees

Question 8

insertion

Answer 8

point where a muscle attaches to the moveable bone

Question 9

supination

Answer 9

rotate forearm laterally so palm faces anteriorly

Question 10

synergist

Answer 10

muscle that helps prime movers by producing the same movement or by reducing unwanted movements

Question 11

prime mover

Answer 11

muscle that has the main responsibility for causing a particular movement

Question 12

adduction

Answer 12

moving a limb toward the midline of the body

Question 13

when the muscle ____, the insertion moves toward the orgin

Answer 13

contracts

Question 14

antagonist

Answer 14

muscle that has the responsibility to oppose or reverse a movement

Question 15

dorsiflextion

Answer 15

lifting the foot toward the shin

Question 16

rotation

Answer 16

movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis. Hint: moving head in “no” motion.

Question 17

circumduction

Answer 17

movement that combines flexion, extension, abduction, and adduction

Question 18

orgin

Answer 18

point where a muscle attaches to the immovable or less moveable bone

Question 19

extension

Answer 19

movement that increases the angle of the joint and the distance between two bones

Question 20

flexion

Answer 20

movement that decreases the angle of the joint and brings two bones closer together

Question 21

pronation

Answer 21

rotate forearm medially so palm faces posteriorly

Question 22

muscles are named by?

Answer 22

shape: the deltoid is shaped like a triangle
muscle fibers: the transverse abdominis fibers are going horizontal
location: the temporalis is in front of the temporal bone