Muscle System

Question 1

What is the movement that decreases the angle of a joint?

Answer 1

Flexion

Question 2

What is the movement that increases the angle of a joint?

Answer 2

Extension

Question 3

What is the movement that signifies turning of a joint?

Answer 3

Rotation

Question 4

What is the movement that signifies moving away from the midline?

Answer 4

Abduction

Question 5

What is the movement that signifies moving towards the midline?

Answer 5

Adduction

Question 6

What are the two bones all skeletal muscles are connected to?

Answer 6

Origin and Insertion

Question 7

What is the other term for stationary bone?

Answer 7

Origin

Question 8

What is the other term for bone that moves?

Answer 8

Insertion

Question 9

What are the two types of contraction?

Answer 9

Isometric and Isotonic

Question 10

What is the type of contraction that shows same length and no movement?

Answer 10

Isometric

Question 11

What is the type of contraction that shows the same force and some movement?

Answer 11

Isotonic

Question 12

What is the movement of the biceps brachii?

Answer 12

Flexion

Question 13

What is the movement of the deltoid?

Answer 13

Abduction, Flexion, and Extension

Question 14

What is the movement of the pectoralis major?

Answer 14

Adduction and Internal Rotation

Question 15

What is the movement of the latissimus dorsi?

Answer 15

Adduction, Internal Rotation, and Extension

Question 16

What is the movement of the trapezius?

Answer 16

Internal and External Rotation

Question 17

What is the movement of the rectus abdominus?

Answer 17

Flexion

Question 18

What is the movement of the external abdominal obliques?

Answer 18

Flexion and Extension

Question 19

What is the movement of the gluteus maximus?

Answer 19

Flexion and Extension

Question 20

What is the movement of the iliopsoas?

Answer 20

Flexion and Extension

Question 21

What is the movement of the biceps femoris?

Answer 21

Flexion and Extension

Question 22

What is the movement of the quadriceps?

Answer 22

Flexion and Extension

Question 23

What is the movement of the sartorius?

Answer 23

Internal and External Rotation

Question 24

What is the movement of the gastrocnemius?

Answer 24

Flexion and Extension

Question 25

What is the movement of the tibialis anterior?

Answer 25

Flexion and Extension

Question 26

What is the essential function of muscle?

Answer 26

Contraction

Question 27

What are the three types of muscle tissue?

Answer 27

Skeletal, Cardiac, and Smooth Muscle

Question 28

What type of muscle tissue are attached to the bones?

Answer 28

Skeletal Muscles

Question 29

What type of muscle tissue made up the walls of the heart?

Answer 29

Cardiac Muscles

Question 30

What type of muscle tissue made up the walls of hollow visceral organs?

Answer 30

Smooth Muscles

Question 31

What muscles move involuntarily?

Answer 31

Cardiac and Smooth Muscles

Question 32

What muscles move voluntarily?

Answer 32

Skeletal Muscles