Practice Final Chapters 6-9

Question 1

True or False? Rectus Capitis anterior is easy to palpate

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Which muscle name means “temple”?

Answer 2

Temporalis

Question 3

Which of the following muscles is one of the largest and most superficial muscles in the neck?

Answer 3

Sternocleidomastoid

Question 4

True of False? The rectus capitis posterior major is one of the four muscles that make up the suboccipital group

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Which muscles work together to laterally flex and stabilize the head and neck?

Answer 5

Scalenes

Question 6

Which of the following muscles is very small and deep in the anterior neck?

Answer 6

Rectus capitis anterior

Question 7

Which of the following muscle names may be roughly translated as “long neck”?

Answer 7

Longus colli

Question 8

The suprahyoid muscles perform which of the following functions?

Answer 8

Elevate the hyoid bone and thyroid cartilage during swallowing

Question 9

Platysma functions primarily in which of the following ways?

Answer 9

Facial expressions of stress or anger

Question 10

Which of the following muscles is large and broad, making it a more effective prime mover for extension, lateral flexion, and rotation of the head and neck?

Answer 10

Splenius capitis

Question 11

Which muscle, pound for pound, Is the strongest muscle in the body and generates most of the force from biting and chewing?

Answer 11

Masseter

Question 12

Which of the following muscles extends the vertebral column and means, roughly, “of the spine”?

Answer 12

Spinalis

Question 13

Which bone may be palpated in the midline of the posterior trunk?

Answer 13

Spinous process

Question 14

True or False? The external and internal intercostals may help maintain the shape and integrity of the rib cage

Answer 14

True

Question 15

Which bone would you be palpating if you were to place your palm on a clients abdomen between the navel and pelvis?

Answer 15

Pubis

Question 16

The Iliocostalis, longissimus, and spinalis form which group of muscles?

Answer 16

Erector Spinae

Question 17

The contraction and relaxation of which muscle drives breathing?

Answer 17

Diaphragm

Question 18

True or False? The iliocostalis extends and laterally flexes the vertebral column

Answer 18

True

Question 19

Which bone would you be palpating if you were to slide your fingertips laterally away from the sternum?

Answer 19

Anterior rib

Question 20

Which of the following muscles is dome shaped and the primary muscle of breathing?

Answer 20

Diaphragm

Question 21

“Six-pack abs” are a result of horizontal lines of connective tissue segmenting which of the following muscles?

Answer 21

Rectus abdominis

Question 22

Which of the following is the most official of the transversospinalis muscles and means “half of the spine”?

Answer 22

Semispinalis

Question 23

True or False? Longissimus is a long muscle that spans the entire axial skeleton and connects to the sacrum and cranium

Answer 23

True

Question 24

Which muscle is deep to the rhomboid and trapezius muscles and elevates the ribs during inhalation?

Answer 24

Serratus posterior superior

Question 25

Which of the following would you be palpating if you were to slide your fingertips from lumbar spinous process inferiorly between the right and left posterior superior iliac spine?

Answer 25

Sacrum

Question 26

Rectus Femoris is part of which muscle group?

Answer 26

Quadriceps

Question 27

Which of the following is a small muscle on the lateral edge of anterior hip that forms the other half of s “v” with sartorius?

Answer 27

Tensor fascia latae

Question 28

True or False? Tightness in piriformis can compress the sciatic nerve

Answer 28

True

Question 29

Which of the following would you be palpating if you were to slide your thumb medially from the patella?

Answer 29

Adductor tubercle

Question 30

The pectineus has attachments on which two bones?

Answer 30

Pubis and femur

Question 31

Which of the following is NOT. True of gluteus maximus?

Answer 31

It extends the knee in kicking

Question 32

True or False? Biceps femoris flexes the elbow

Answer 32

False

Question 33

Which of the following is the prime abductor of the hip?

Answer 33

Gluteus medius

Question 34

Which of the following muscles is the longest muscle in the human body and is referred to as the “tailor’s muscle”?

Answer 34

Sartorius

Question 35

True or False? Semitendinosus is part of the quadriceps group

Answer 35

False

Question 36

Kicking involves which of the following actions?

Answer 36

Knee extension

Question 37

Which of the following muscles flexes and externally rotates the hip and creates a connection between the trunk and lower extremity?

Answer 37

Psoas

Question 38

Which of the following muscle names means roughly “huge” and “side”?

Answer 38

Vastus lateralis

Question 39

True or False? Extensor digitorum longus extends the big toe?

Answer 39

False

Question 40

Which muscle has as its Main function to extend the four smaller toes?

Answer 40

Extensor Digitorum longus

Question 41

True or False? Posterior tibialis is the deepest muscle in the posterior leg

Answer 41

True

Question 42

Which muscle of the three triceps Surae is composed of more slow-twitch that fast - twitch fibers Making it a fatigue - resistant postural muscle?

Answer 42

Soleus

Question 43

Which motion raises the distal end of the foot up in walking, preventing the toes from catching on the ground?

Answer 43

Dorsiflexion

Question 44

Which muscle is the largest and most superficial the three triceps Surae muscles?

Answer 44

Gastrocnemius

Question 45

Which muscle has as its main function to extend the great toe?

Answer 45

Extensor Hallucis Longus

Question 46

The talocrural joint allows only which two movements?

Answer 46

Plantarflexion and dorsiflexion

Question 47

True or false? Flexor hallucis longus is a primary muscle for “push-off” during gait and propulsion of the body

Answer 47

True

Question 48

Which of the following would you be palpating if you used a pincer grip with your thumb and fingers on the posterior heel?

Answer 48

Calcaneus

Question 49

What are the attachments of flexor digitorum longus?

Answer 49

Tibia and distal phalanges (2–5)

Question 50

Which of the following would you be palpating if you explored the large protrusion at the distal, medial end of the tibia?

Answer 50

Medial malleolus