muscular system

Question 1

adductors

Answer 1

thigh muscles

Question 2

biceps brachii

Answer 2

bulges when elbow is flexed

Question 3

biceps femoris

Answer 3

part of the hamstrings

Question 4

buccinators

Answer 4

flat thin muscle on wall of cheek

Question 5

deltoid

Answer 5

triangular muscle used to raise arm from side

Question 6

extensors

Answer 6

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

Question 7

external intercostals

Answer 7

outer layer of muscles between ribs

Question 8

external oblique

Answer 8

muscle in abdomin

Question 9

fibularis longus

Answer 9

flexes ankle

Question 10

flexors

Answer 10

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

Question 11

frontalis

Answer 11

forehead muscle

Question 12

gastrocnemius

Answer 12

flexes knee and foot

Question 13

gluteus maximus

Answer 13

moves hip and thigh

one of strongest muscles in body

Question 14

gluteus medius

Answer 14

causes thigh to rotate

Question 15

internal oblique

Answer 15

located above hips

Question 16

latissimus dorsi

Answer 16

rotates arm and moves shoulder back and down

Question 17

masseter

Answer 17

causes jaw to close during chewing

Question 18

orbicularis oculi

Answer 18

closes eyelids

Question 19

orbicularis oris

Answer 19

controls lip movements

Question 20

pectoralis major

Answer 20

large muscle in chest

Question 21

rectus abdominus

Answer 21

keeps intestines and abdominal organs in place

supports spine muscles

Question 22

rectus femoris

Answer 22

attached to hip

helps extend/raise knee

Question 23

sartorius

Answer 23

muscle that runs from hipbone to knee

Question 24

semimembranosus

Answer 24

muscle in back of thigh

Question 25

semitendinosus

Answer 25

muscle in back of thigh

Question 26

soleus

Answer 26

muscle in calf

Question 27

sternocleidomastoid

Answer 27

bends head and neck forward and sideways

Question 28

temporalis

Answer 28

raises lower jaw

Question 29

tibialis anterior

Answer 29

forms first metatarsal bones of foot

Question 30

trapezius

Answer 30

back of neck and shoulders

move head and shoulder blade

Question 31

triceps brachii

Answer 31

muscle in upper arm

Question 32

vastus lateralis

Answer 32

part of quadriceps

covers femur

Question 33

vastus medialis

Answer 33

extends knee

Question 34

zygomaticus

Answer 34

cheekbone

Question 35

quadriceps

Answer 35

large muscle at front of thigh

Question 36

hamstring

Answer 36

flex, rotate and extend leg at thigh