Pre-lab 4 + Exam 5 - Weeks 9 + 10

Question 1

which muscle of the thigh doesn’t insert into a bone

Answer 1

tensor fasciae latae - inserts into IT band

Question 2

what muscle is associated with being a problem of sciatica

Answer 2

piriformis

Question 3

which nerve innervates post plantar flexors of the ankle and flexors of the toes?

Answer 3

tibial nerve

Question 4

what spinal nerve leads to the adductor group?

Answer 4

obturator nerve

Question 5

what spinal nerve leads to triceps brachii and extensor digitorum

Answer 5

radial nerve

Question 6

what spinal nerve leads to the diaphragm

Answer 6

phrenic nerve

Question 7

what spinal nerve leads to the plantarflexors of the ankle

Answer 7

tibial nerve

Question 8

what spinal nerve leads to biceps brachia and brachialis

Answer 8

musculocutaneous nerve

Question 9

Which muscle that we covered typically would present the largest single mass of muscle in the body?

Answer 9

gluteus maximus

Question 10

Which was the only muscle that we covered that flexed the thigh at the hip AND flexed the leg at the knee?

Answer 10

sartorius

*action used when you cross one leg over the other

Question 11

prime movements of semimenbranosus

Answer 11

flex leg @ knee
extend thigh @ hip

Question 12

prime movements of gracilis

Answer 12

adduct hip
flex @ knee

Question 13

prime movements of piriformis

Answer 13

laterally rotate at hip
abduct hip when hip is flexed

Question 14

prime movements of gluteus minimus

Answer 14

abduct @ hip
medially rotate hip

Question 15

prime movements of vastus medialis

Answer 15

extend leg @ knee

Question 16

Which larger nerve branches into the tibial and common fibular nerve?

Answer 16

sciatic nerve

Question 17

The epineurium around nerves is a continuation of which of the three meninges?

Answer 17

dura mater

Question 18

what three muscles insert as the pes anserine

Answer 18

SGT

sartorius
gracilis
semitendinosus

Question 19

Which cranial nerve conveyed sensory information to the brain for both hearing and equilibrium?

Answer 19

vestibulocochlear

Question 20

The three vastus muscles (lateralis, intermedius and medialis) are prime movers only at which joint?

Answer 20

knee

Question 21

Which spinal nerve is typically involved in carpal tunnel syndrome?

Answer 21

median nerve

Question 22

What is the technical name for a region of skin supplied by the sensory portion of a single nerve?

Answer 22

Dermatome

Question 23

Which nerve innervates the diaphragm?

Answer 23

phrenic nerve

Question 24

Which muscle is not seen at all superficially and is a prime mover for abduction and medial (internal) rotation at the hip?

Answer 24

gluteus minimus

Question 25

which division of the nervous system consists of sensory neurons

Answer 25

afferent

Question 26

which division of the nervous system does the preganglionic neuron arise from the “thoracolumbar” region of the CNS

Answer 26

sympathetic

Question 27

which division of the nervous system does the preganglionic neuron arise from the “craniosacral” region of the CNS

Answer 27

parasympathetic region

Question 28

which division of the nervous system is under voluntary control

Answer 28

somatic

Question 29

which division of the nervous system dominates under rest-digest situations

Answer 29

parasympathetic

Question 30

Which plexus supplies motor impulses to the anterior thigh area?

Answer 30

lumbar plexus

Question 31

Which bone marking serves as a common insertion for all of the quadriceps muscles?

Answer 31

tibial tuberosity by way of the patella and patellar ligament

Question 32

Which specific division of the nervous system has many ganglia located near the spinal cord in a “ganglionic chain”?

Answer 32

sympathetic

Question 33

Nerves in the lumbar, sacral and coccygeal region travel through the vertebral canal as a structure known as the:

Answer 33

cauda equina

Question 34

Which bone marking serves as a common origin for all three hamstring muscles?

Answer 34

ischial tuberosity

Question 35

Which spinal nerve leads to most muscles that adduct the thigh at the hip?

Answer 35

obturator

Question 36

Which nerves do not form a plexus, and supply most of the walls of the torso?

Answer 36

thoracic

Question 37

What was the only muscle that we covered that flexed the leg at the knee and adducted the thigh at the hip?

Answer 37

gracilius

Question 38

which spinal nerve is involved when you hit your funny bone

Answer 38

ulnar nerve

Question 39

which spinal nerve leads to hip flexors and knee extensors

Answer 39

femoral nerve

Question 40

which spinal nerve leads to most flexors of the wrist and fingers on the lateral side of the hand

Answer 40

median nerve

Question 41

which spinal nerve branches into the tibial and common fibular nerve

Answer 41

sciatic nerve

Question 42

which spinal nerve leads to most extensors of the elbow, wrist and finger

Answer 42

radial nerve

Question 43

All spinal nerves are considered to be what type?

Answer 43

mixed nerves

Question 44

The connective tissue “wrapping” that surrounds bundles of axons in spinal nerves is the:

Answer 44

perineurium