The Muscular System-Posterior View-Actions

Question 0

Biceps Femoris

Answer 0

Make up the hamstrings the flex the knee and assist in extension of the hip

Question 1

Tendon of Achilles

Answer 1

Attaches calf muscle to heel bone

Question 2

Semitendinous

Answer 2

Make up the hamstrings the flex the knee and assist in extension of the hip

Question 3

Semimembranosus

Answer 3

Make up the hamstrings the flex the knee and assist in extension of the hip

Question 4

Gracilis

Answer 4

Draws leg toward the mid-line

Question 5

External Oblique

Answer 5

Supports abdominal viscera; flexes vertebral column

Question 6

Latissimus Dorsi

Answer 6

Draws arm backward and downward: rotates arm inward

Question 7

Rhomboids

Answer 7

Draws scapula toward the spine

Question 8

Trapezius

Answer 8

Draws scapula toward the spine; rotates scapula either upward or downward; draws head backward

Question 9

Splenius Capitis

Answer 9

Draw head back or rotates the head

Question 10

Levator Scapuli

Answer 10

Elevation and/or downward rotation of scapula

Question 11

Suspraspinatus

Answer 11

Abducts the arm

Question 12

Infraspinatus

Answer 12

Outward rotation and extension of arm

Question 13

Deltoid

Answer 13

Abducts and rotates humerous

Question 14

Teres Minor

Answer 14

Lateral rotation and abduction of humerous

Question 15

Teres Major

Answer 15

Inward rotation, addiction, and extension of humerous

Question 16

Triceps

Answer 16

Extends the forearm

Question 17

Erector Spinae

Answer 17

Extension of the spine

Question 18

Posterior Serratus Inferior

Answer 18

Pulls ribs outward and down; opposes diaphragm

Question 19

Extensors of wrist and hand

Answer 19

Extends the wrist and hand

Question 20

Gluteus Medius

Answer 20

Abducts and rotates the thigh

Question 21

Gluteus Maximus

Answer 21

Extends, abducts, and rotates the thigh outward

Question 22

Gastrocnemius

Answer 22

Flexes the knee and plantar flexes the foot

Question 23

Soleus

Answer 23

Plantar flexes the foot