Week 8 A&P

Question 1

Most muscles cross at least one:

a) tendon
b) joint
c) bone
d) ligament
e) body plane

Answer 1

b) joint

Question 2

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

Answer 2

c) origin, insertion

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT a common arrangement of muscle fascicles?

a) pennate
b) triangular
c) oval
d) parallel
e) fusiform

Answer 3

c) oval

Question 4

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

Answer 4

a) triangular

Question 5

The muscle that serves as the “prime mover” during a movement is called the:

a) antagonist
b) agonist
c) synergist
d) asynergist
e) fixator

Answer 5

b) agonist

Question 6

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

Answer 6

d) fixator

Question 7

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

Answer 7

b) external oblique, internal oblique, transversus abdominus

Question 8

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

Answer 8

a) hernia

Question 9

A muscle that has three origins is called a:

a) biceps
b) triceps
c) quadriceps
d) deltoid
e) trapezius

Answer 9

b) triceps

Question 10

A muscle that raises or elevates a body part is called a :

a) pronator
b) tensor
c) flexor
d) depressor
e) levator

Answer 10

e) levator

Question 11

A muscle that decreases the size of an opening is a:

a) rotator
b) tensor
c) pronator
d) sphincter
e) depressor

Answer 11

d) sphincter

Question 12

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

Answer 12

a) buccinator

Question 13

which of the following is a muscle that moves the mandible?

a) orbicularis oculi
b) masseter
c) orbicularis oris
d) epicranius
e) frontalis

Answer 13

b) masseter

Question 14

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

Answer 14

b) pectoralis major

Question 15

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

Answer 15

a) deltoid

Question 16

The infraspinatus muscle is a muscle that moves the:

a) upper leg
b) lower leg
c) upper arm
d) lower arm
e) carpals

Answer 16

c) upper arm

Question 17

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

Answer 17

c) has two origins and found in the upper leg

Question 18

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

Answer 18

b) biceps femoris