Muscles Exam Part 2 Question Preview (ID: 42452)


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When you kick a soccer ball, you contract your quadriceps femoris. Because the attachment on the tibia moves towards the attachment on the femur, it is considered the ___.
a) innervation
b) belly
c) origin
d) insertion

What term best describes the relationship between the pronator quadratus and the supinator?
a) Fixators
b) Antagonists
c) Prime movers
d) Synergists

Which of the following muscles of mastication would be responsible for mandibular elevation?
a) Stylohyoid
b) Temporalis
c) Zygomaticus major
d) Lateral pterygoid

The process of engaging more motor units to increase the strength of a muscle contraction is called ___.
a) complete tetanus
b) recruitment
c) temporal summation
d) wave summation

The antagonist to the triceps brachii is the ___.
a) supinator
b) anconeus
c) biceps brachii
d) deltoid

Which of the following is not a function of the muscular system?
a) Control of openings
b) Stability
c) Glandular secretion
d) Heat production

Which of the following individuals would have more mitochondria (for cellular respiration) in her skeletal muscles?
a) A 22-year old soccer player
b) A 50-year old sedentary computer programer
c) A model on a reduced-calorie diet
d) A long-term hospice patient

While sitting at your desk, you drop your pencil onto the floor. You bend over to pick up the pencil. In order to straighten up and continue your exam, you must use which of the following muscles?
a) Semimembranosus
b) Extensor hallucis longus
c) Tibialis anterior
d) Erector spinae

A sprinter injures the back of his thigh. He has extensive bruising on the back of his thigh into the back of his knee. He now has difficulty rising from a seated position and bending at the waist. Which muscle is likely injured?
a) Gluteus maximus
b) Popliteus
c) Iliopsoas
d) Biceps femoris

Should I study the process of muscle contraction?
a) YES YES YES YES YES YES YES (Click this answer)
b) It will be fill in the blank with a word bank.
c) You definitely need to study this.
d) Videos are helpful if you're struggling.

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