Muscular system

Question 1

adductors

Answer 1

to move toward the midline of the body

Question 2

biceps brachii

Answer 2

most familiar muscle of the forearm because it bulges when the elbow is flexed

Question 3

biceps femoris

Answer 3

part of the hamstring group

Question 4

buccinators

Answer 4

flat, thin muscle in the wall of the cheek

Question 5

deltoid

Answer 5

ball and socket joint that connects your arm to to the trunk of your body

Question 6

extensors

Answer 6

any of the muscles that increase the angle between members of a limb

Question 7

external intercostals

Answer 7

in between your ribs

Question 8

external oblique

Answer 8

lower eight ribs

Question 9

fibularis longus

Answer 9

muscle on the fibula

Question 10

flexors

Answer 10

arm muscles

Question 11

frontails

Answer 11

skin of eyebrows

Question 12

gastrocnemius

Answer 12

planter flexes foot and flexes knee

Question 13

gluteus maximus

Answer 13

extends hips

Question 14

gluteus medius

Answer 14

abducts thigh: steadies pelvis during walking

Question 15

internal oblique

Answer 15

muscle found on the lateral side of the abdomen

Question 16

latissimus dorsi

Answer 16

extends and adducts humerous

Question 17

masseter

Answer 17

closes jaw

Question 18

orbicularis oculi

Answer 18

blinks and closes eyes

Question 19

orbicularis oris

Answer 19

closes and protrudes lips

Question 20

pectoralis major

Answer 20

adducts and flexes humerous

Question 21

rectus abdominus

Answer 21

flexes vertebral column

Question 22

rectus femoris

Answer 22

flexes the hip along with the sartorious

Question 23

sartorius

Answer 23

flexes thigh on hip

Question 24

semimembranosus

Answer 24

flex knee and extend hip

Question 25

semitendinosus

Answer 25

flex knee and extend hip

Question 26

soleus

Answer 26

plantar flexes foot

Question 27

sternocleidomastoid

Answer 27

flexes neck rotates head

Question 28

temporalis

Answer 28

broad radiating muscle

Question 29

tibialis anterior

Answer 29

dorsiflexes and inverts foot

Question 30

trapezius

Answer 30

extends neck and adducts scapula

Question 31

triceps brachii

Answer 31

only muscle fleshing out the posterior humerus

Question 32

vastus lateralis

Answer 32

unipennate muscle and a member of the anterior compartment of the thigh

Question 33

vastus medialis

Answer 33

one of the 4 muscles that makes up the quadriceps group of muscles

Question 34

zygomaticus

Answer 34

a muscle of the human body

Question 35

quadriceps

Answer 35

a group of muscles at the front of your thigh

Question 36

hamstring

Answer 36

tendons at the back of the thighs that attach the large thigh muscle to the bone