Muscular System

Question 1

Adductors

Answer 1

anteromedially on the leg, meaning in front and toward the middle.

Question 2

Biceps Branchi

Answer 2

lies under the arm between the shoulder and the elbow

Question 3

Biceps Femoris

Answer 3

important for knee flexion, internal and external rotation, and hip extension

Question 4

Buccinators

Answer 4

a flat, thin muscle in the wall of the cheek

Question 5

Deltoid

Answer 5

located on the uppermost part of the arm and the top of the shoulder

Question 6

Extensors

Answer 6

a muscle whose contraction extends or straightens a limb or other part of the body

Question 7

External Intercostals

Answer 7

raise the ribs and expand the chest cavity

Question 8

External Oblique

Answer 8

help pull the chest as a whole downwards which compresses the abdominal cavity

Question 9

Fibularis longus

Answer 9

lateral compartment of the leg

Question 10

Flexors

Answer 10

a muscle whose contraction bends a limb or other part of the body.

Question 11

Frontalis

Answer 11

is muscle which covers parts of the skull

Question 12

Gastrocnemius

Answer 12

on the back portion of the lower leg, being one of the two major muscles that make up the calf

Question 13

Gluteus Maximus

Answer 13

in the buttocks and is regarded as one of the strongest muscles in the human body.

Question 14

Gluteus Medius

Answer 14

A muscle with origin in the ilium, with insertion to the surface of the greater trochanter, with nerve supply from the superior gluteal nerve, and whose action abducts and rotates the thigh.

Question 15

Internal Oblique

Answer 15

muscle ends at the bottom edge of the rib cage, the rectus sheath (fibrous tissue that covers the abdominal muscles), and the pubic crest (an area in the lower-front of the pelvis).

Question 16

Latissimus Dorsi

Answer 16

either of a pair of large, roughly triangular muscles covering the lower part of the back, extending from the sacral, lumbar, and lower thoracic vertebrae to the armpits.

Question 17

Masseter

Answer 17

a muscle that runs through the rear part of the cheek from the temporal bone to the lower jaw on each side and closes the jaw in chewing.

Question 18

Orbicularis Oculi

Answer 18

a muscle in the face that closes the eyelids.

Question 19

Orbicularis Oris

Answer 19

muscle is a complex of muscles in the lips that encircles the mouth

Question 20

Pectoralis Major

Answer 20

muscle is a large muscle in the upper chest, fanning across the chest from the shoulder to the breastbone.

Question 21

Rectus Abdominus

Answer 21

each of a pair of long flat muscles at the front of the abdomen, joining the sternum to the pubis and acting to bend the whole body forward or sideways.

Question 22

Rectus Femoris

Answer 22

one of the four quadriceps muscles of the human body.

Question 23

Sartorius

Answer 23

a long, narrow muscle running obliquely across the front of each thigh from the hipbone to the inside of the leg below the knee.

Question 24

Semimembranosus

Answer 24

a large muscle of the inner part and back of the thigh that arises by a thick tendon from the back part of the tuberosity of the ischium, is inserted into the medial condyle of the tibia, and acts to flex the leg and rotate it medially and to extend the thigh.

Question 25

Semitendinosus

Answer 25

a fusiform muscle of the posterior and inner part of the thigh that arises from the ischial tuberosity along with the biceps femoris, that is inserted by a long round tendon which forms part of the inner hamstring into the inner surface of the upper part of the shaft of the tibia, and that acts to flex the leg

Question 26

Soleus

Answer 26

a broad muscle in the lower calf, below the gastrocnemius, that flexes the foot to point the toes downward.

Question 27

Sternocleidomastoid

Answer 27

each of a pair of long muscles that connect the sternum, clavicle, and mastoid process of the temporal bone and serve to turn and nod the head.

Question 28

Temporalis

Answer 28

a fan-shaped muscle that runs from the side of the skull to the back of the lower jaw and is involved in closing the mouth and chewing.

Question 29

Tibialis anterior

Answer 29

a muscle running from the tibia to the first metatarsal and cuneiform bones

Question 30

Trapezius

Answer 30

either of a pair of large triangular muscles extending over the back of the neck and shoulders and moving the head and shoulder blade.

Question 31

Triceps Branchii

Answer 31

any of several muscles having three points of attachment at one end,

Question 32

vastus lateralis

Answer 32

the division of the quadriceps muscle that covers the outer anterior aspect of the femur, arises chiefly from the femur, and inserts into the outer border of the patella by a flat tendon which blends with that of the other divisions of the muscle and sends an expansion to the capsule of the knee

Question 33

vastus medialis

Answer 33

the division of the quadriceps muscle that covers the inner anterior aspect of the femur, arises chiefly from the femur and the adjacent intermuscular septum,

Question 34

zygomaticus

Answer 34

major is a muscle of the human body

Question 35

quadriceps

Answer 35

the large muscle at the front of the thigh, which is divided into four distinct portions and acts to extend the leg.

Question 36

hamstring

Answer 36

any of five tendons at the back of a person’s knee