Muscular System- Gross Anatomy
General
Principles
Head
Muscles
Trunk
Muscles
Upper Limb
Muscles
Lower Limb
Muscles
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FINAL ROUND
General Principles:
$100 Question
When a skeletal muscle contracts to
cause a given movement, the relatively
stationary end of attachment of the
muscle is termed this:
a. origin
b. insertion
c. antagonist
d. belly
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General Principles:
$100 Answer
When a skeletal muscle contracts to
cause a given movement, the relatively
stationary end of attachment of the
muscle is termed this:
a. origin
b. insertion
c. antagonist
d. belly
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General Principles:
$200 Question
When a muscle contracts, it usually has an
opposing muscle that can cause
movement in the opposite direction called
this:
a. prime mover
b. agonist
c. antagonist
d. synergist
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General Principles:
$200 Answer
When a muscle contracts, it usually has an
opposing muscle that can cause
movement in the opposite direction called
this:
a. prime mover
b. agonist
c. antagonist
d. synergist
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General Principles:
$300 Question
Knowing that muscles are often named for
their anatomical location, the brachialis,
coracobrachialis and brachioradialis would
all be found in this region:
a. arm
b. forearm
c. trunk
d. thigh
e. leg
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General Principles:
$300 Answer
Knowing that muscles are often named for
their anatomical location, the brachialis,
coracobrachialis and brachioradialis would
all be found in this region:
a. arm
b. forearm
c. trunk
d. thigh
e. leg
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General Principles:
$400 Question
This pair is matched correctly:
a. fulcrum-joint
b. lever-bone
c. pull (force)-muscles
d. all are correct
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General Principles:
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This pair is matched correctly:
a. fulcrum-joint
b. lever-bone
c. pull (force)-muscles
d. all are correct
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General Principles:
$500 Question
The action of the biceps brachii muscle
pulling on the radius to flex the elbow and
elevate the hand is an example of this kind of
lever:
a. class I lever system
b. class II lever system
c. class III lever system
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General Principles:
$500 Answer
The action of the biceps brachii muscle
pulling on the radius to flex the elbow and
elevate the hand is an example of this kind of
lever:
a. class I lever system
b. class II lever system
c. class III lever system
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Head Muscles:
$100 Question
Winking or blinking the eye is controlled by
this muscle:
a. corrugator supercilii
b. depressor anguli oris
c. orbicularis oculi
d. occipitofrontalis
e. orbicularis oris
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Head Muscles:
$100 Answer
Winking or blinking the eye is controlled by
this muscle:
a. corrugator supercilii
b. depressor anguli oris
c. orbicularis oculi
d. occipitofrontalis
e. orbicularis oris
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Head Muscles:
$200 Question
These muscles of the neck tilts the head
down and toward the side:
a. scalenes
b. sternocleidomastoid
c. splenius capitis
d. semispinalis
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Head Muscles:
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These muscles of the neck tilts the head
down and toward the side:
a. scalenes
b. sternocleidomastoid
c. splenius capitis
d. semispinalis
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Head Muscles:
$300 Question
These muscles are all involved in
mastication (chewing) except:
a. temporalis
b. masseter
c. buccinator
d. lateral pterygoid
e. medial pterygoid
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Head Muscles:
$300 Answer
These muscles are all involved in
mastication (chewing) except:
a. temporalis
b. masseter
c. buccinator
d. lateral pterygoid
e. medial pterygoid
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Head Muscles:
$400 Question
This best describes the action of the soft
palate muscles:
a. prevent food from entering the
nasal cavity
b. close the auditory tube
c. force food into the esophagus
d. prevent food from entering the
larynx
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Head Muscles:
$400 Answer
This best describes the action of the soft
palate muscles:
a. prevent food from entering the
nasal cavity
b. close the auditory tube
c. force food into the esophagus
d. prevent food from entering the
larynx
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Head Muscles:
$500 Question
Your five year old son is gazing up into the
sky at night to see a shooting star. He is
using these eye muscles to look upward:
a.inferior oblique
b. lateral rectus
c. medial rectus
d. superior oblique
e. superior rectus
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Head Muscles:
$500 Answer
Your five year old son is gazing up into the
sky at night to see a shooting star. He is
using these eye muscles to look upward:
a.inferior oblique
b. lateral rectus
c. medial rectus
d. superior oblique
e. superior rectus
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Trunk Muscles:
$100 Question
This muscle produces the major
movement made during quiet breathing:
a. scalene
b. diaphragm
c. external intercostals
d. internal intercostals
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Trunk Muscles:
$100 Answer
This muscle produces the major
movement made during quiet breathing:
a. scalene
b. diaphragm
c. external intercostals
d. internal intercostals
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Trunk Muscles:
$200 Question
This action is accomplished by the erector
spinae muscles:
a. abduct the thigh
b. extend the vertebral column
c. flex the vertebral column
d. protract the scapula
e. rotate the thigh
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Trunk Muscles:
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This action is accomplished by the erector
spinae muscles:
a. abduct the thigh
b. extend the vertebral column
c. flex the vertebral column
d. protract the scapula
e. rotate the thigh
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Trunk Muscles:
$300 Question
This is the deepest abdominal muscle:
a. external oblique
b. internal oblique
c. transversus abdominis
d. rectus abdominis
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Trunk Muscles:
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This is the deepest abdominal muscle:
a. external oblique
b. internal oblique
c. transversus abdominis
d. rectus abdominis
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Trunk Muscles:
$400 Question
The six pack seen on a body builder’s
abdomen is caused by the tendinous
intersections in this muscle:
a. external abdominal oblique
b. internal abdominal oblique
c. linea alba
d. rectus abdominis
e. transversus abdominis
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Trunk Muscles:
$400 Answer
The six pack seen on a body builder’s
abdomen is caused by the tendinous
intersections in this muscle:
a. external abdominal oblique
b. internal abdominal oblique
c. linea alba
d. rectus abdominis
e. transversus abdominis
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Trunk Muscles:
$500 Question
The pelvic diaphragm, which forms the
pelvic floor, is made of this:
a. coccygeus muscle
b. levator ani muscle
c. external urethral sphincter muscle
d. a only
e. a and b
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Trunk Muscles:
$500 Answer
The pelvic diaphragm, which forms the
pelvic floor, is made of this:
a. coccygeus muscle
b. levator ani muscle
c. external urethral sphincter muscle
d. a only
e. a and b
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Upper Limb Muscles:
$100 Question
This muscle flexes both the arm and the
forearm:
a. biceps brachii
b. brachialis
c. deltoid
d. latissimus dorsi
e. triceps brachii
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Upper Limb Muscles:
$100 Answer
This muscle flexes both the arm and the
forearm:
a. biceps brachii
b. brachialis
c. deltoid
d. latissimus dorsi
e. triceps brachii
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Upper Limb Muscles:
$200 Question
The trapezius muscle produces all of these
actions except:
a. elevates scapula
b. depresses scapula
c. retracts scapula
d. extends neck
e. flexes neck
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Upper Limb Muscles:
$200 Answer
The trapezius muscle produces all of these
actions except:
a. elevates scapula
b. depresses scapula
c. retracts scapula
d. extends neck
e. flexes neck
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Upper Limb Muscles:
$300 Question
Most of the anterior forearm muscles are
responsible for this:
a. extension of the wrist and fingers
b. extension of the forearm
c. flexion of the wrist and fingers
d. flexion of the forearm
e. flexion of the arm
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Upper Limb Muscles:
$300 Answer
Most of the anterior forearm muscles are
responsible for this:
a. extension of the wrist and fingers
b. extension of the forearm
c. flexion of the wrist and fingers
d. flexion of the forearm
e. flexion of the arm
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Upper Limb Muscles:
$400 Question
The tendon of the flexor carpi radialis is an
important landmark because the radial
pulse can be felt just lateral to the tendon.
True/False
ANSWER
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Upper Limb Muscles:
$400 Answer
The tendon of the flexor carpi radialis is an
important landmark because the radial
pulse can be felt just lateral to the tendon.
True/False
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Upper Limb Muscles:
$500 Question
This muscle(s) is an intrinsic hand muscle
that moves the thumb:
a. flexor pollicis brevis
b. flexor digiti minimi brevis
c. flexor pollicis longus
d. extensor pollicis longus
e. all of the above
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Upper Limb Muscles:
$500 Answer
This muscle(s) is an intrinsic hand muscle
that moves the thumb:
a. flexor pollicis brevis
b. flexor digiti minimi brevis
c. flexor pollicis longus
d. extensor pollicis longus
e. all of the above
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Lower Limb Muscles:
$100 Question
The medial group of thigh muscles is
involved primarily in this movement:
a. abduction of the thigh
b. adduction of the thigh
c. extension of the thigh
d. flexion of the thigh
e. flexion of the leg
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Lower Limb Muscles:
$100 Answer
The medial group of thigh muscles is
involved primarily in this movement:
a. abduction of the thigh
b. adduction of the thigh
c. extension of the thigh
d. flexion of the thigh
e. flexion of the leg
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Lower Limb Muscles:
$200 Question
This muscle flexes the thigh and extends
the knee:
a. vastus medialis
b. vastus lateralis
c. rectus femoris
d. biceps femoris
ANSWER
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Lower Limb Muscles:
$200 Answer
This muscle flexes the thigh and extends
the knee:
a. vastus medialis
b. vastus lateralis
c. rectus femoris
d. biceps femoris
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Lower Limb Muscles:
$300 Question
Anterior leg muscles produce this
movement:
a. dorsiflex the foot
b. flex the leg
c. plantarflex the foot
d. extend the leg
e. flex the toes
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Lower Limb Muscles:
$300 Answer
Anterior leg muscles produce this
movement:
a. dorsiflex the foot
b. flex the leg
c. plantarflex the foot
d. extend the leg
e. flex the toes
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Lower Limb Muscles:
$400 Question
Hip extension is produced by all of these
muscles except:
a. gluteus maximus
b. gluteus medius
c. semimembranosus
d. semitendinosus
e. biceps femoris
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Lower Limb Muscles:
$400 Answer
Hip extension is produced by all of these
muscles except:
a. gluteus maximus
b. gluteus medius
c. semimembranosus
d. semitendinosus
e. biceps femoris
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Lower Limb Muscles:
$500 Question
This muscle of the leg attaches to the heel
by way of the calcaneal tendon:
a. tibialis anterior
b. peroneus longus
c. gastrocnemius
d. soleus
e. c and d only
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Lower Limb Muscles:
$500 Answer
This muscle of the leg attaches to the heel
by way of the calcaneal tendon:
a. tibialis anterior
b. peroneus longus
c. gastrocnemius
d. soleus
e. c and d only
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FINAL ROUND Question
The mechanical support of the head of the
humerus in the glenoid fossa is weakest in
the inferior direction. These muscles help
prevent dislocation of the shoulder when a
heavy weight such as a suitcase is carried:
a. teres major
b. pectoralis major
c. supraspinatus
ANSWER
d. deltoid
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FINAL ROUND Answer
The mechanical support of the head of the
humerus in the glenoid fossa is weakest in
the inferior direction. These muscles help
prevent dislocation of the shoulder when a
heavy weight such as a suitcase is carried:
a. teres major
b. pectoralis major
c. supraspinatus
d. deltoid
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