Week 8 A&P Flashcards
Most muscles cross at least one:
a) tendon
b) joint
c) bone
d) ligament
e) body plane
b) joint
The attachment of a muscle’s tendon to the stationary bone is called the _______; the attachment of the muscle’s other tendon to the moveable bone is called the _________.
a) origin, action
b) insertion, action
c) origin, insertion
d) insertion, origin
e) insertion, action
c) origin, insertion
Which of the following is NOT a common arrangement of muscle fascicles?
a) pennate
b) triangular
c) oval
d) parallel
e) fusiform
c) oval
This type of fascicle arrangement has the fascicles spread over a broad area and converges at a thick central tendon:
a) triangular
b) pennate
c) circular
d) fusiform
e) multipennate
a) triangular
The muscle that serves as the “prime mover” during a movement is called the:
a) antagonist
b) agonist
c) synergist
d) asynergist
e) fixator
b) agonist
This type of muscle works by stabilising the origin of the agonist sot hat it can act more efficiently.
a) synergist
b) agonist
c) antagonist
d) fixator
e) secondary mover
d) fixator
If one is stabbed on the lateral side of the abdomen, what abdominal muscles, in order from superficial to deep, will the knife go through?
a) rectus abdominis, external oblique, internal oblique
b) external oblique, internal oblique, transversus abdominus
c) transversus abdominis, rectus abdominis, external oblique
d) external oblique, transversus abdominis, rectus admominis
e) internal oblique, transversus abdominus, external oblique
b) external oblique, internal oblique, transversus abdominus
Protrusion of an organ through a structure that normally contains it is referred to as a:
a) hernia
b) goiter
c) strain
d) sprain
e) hydrocele
a) hernia
A muscle that has three origins is called a:
a) biceps
b) triceps
c) quadriceps
d) deltoid
e) trapezius
b) triceps
A muscle that raises or elevates a body part is called a :
a) pronator
b) tensor
c) flexor
d) depressor
e) levator
e) levator
A muscle that decreases the size of an opening is a:
a) rotator
b) tensor
c) pronator
d) sphincter
e) depressor
d) sphincter
Contractions of this muscle presses the cheeks against the teeth and lips would be observed in whistling, blowing or sucking:
a) buccinator
b) zygomaticus
c) frontalis
d) epicranius
e) occipitalis
a) buccinator
which of the following is a muscle that moves the mandible?
a) orbicularis oculi
b) masseter
c) orbicularis oris
d) epicranius
e) frontalis
b) masseter
Which of the following is a muscle whose insertion is found on the clavicle and acromion process of the scapula within the pectoral girdle?
a) trapezius
b) pectoralis major
c) latissimus dorsi
d) gracilus
e) sartorius
b) pectoralis major
all of the following are muscles of the lower limb except:
a) deltoid
b) adductor magnus
c) adductor longus
d) quadriceps femoris
e) vastus medialis
a) deltoid
The infraspinatus muscle is a muscle that moves the:
a) upper leg
b) lower leg
c) upper arm
d) lower arm
e) carpals
c) upper arm
based on its name, which of the following best describes characteristics of the biceps femoris muscle?
a) has two insertions and found in lower leg
b) has two bellies and found in the upper leg
c) has two origins and found in the upper leg
d) has two origins and found in the upper arm
e) has two insertions and found in the upper leg
c) has two origins and found in the upper leg
Which of the following muscles is NOT part of the quadriceps femoris muscle group?
a) rectus femoris
b) biceps femoris
c) vastus medialis
d) vastus lateralis
e) vastus intermedius
b) biceps femoris
