Quiz 7 anatomy a physio

Skeletal muscles?

contractions pull on tendons attached to the bones and move the bones of the skeleton

When you say "ah" and stick out your tongue, which muscle do you use?

genioglossus muscle

Muscles that have their fasciculi arranged like barbs of a feather along a common tendon are called?

pennate muscles or bipenate

Which of the following muscles is named for its location?

quadriceps femoris

In order for both eyes to direct their gaze to the right, which of the following muscles are used?

-right lateral rectus left medial rectus.

When a skeletal muscle contracts to cause a given movement, the more movable end of attachment of the muscle is termed its?

Insertion

What back muscle originates on the vertebral spinous processes?

Latissimus Dorsi

The sternocleidomastoid muscle extends from the mastoid process of the temporal bone to the sternum and medial clavicle. When both sternocleidomastoid muscles contract, the head is flexed. The end of the muscle that connects to the sternum is the?

Origin

The brachioradialis is named for its?

Origin and insertion

Which of the following muscles is involved in swallowing?

Palatopharyngeus

When you "pull your tummy in" and compress your abdomen, you use the rectus abdominis, external abdominal oblique, internal abdominal oblique, and transversus abdominis muscles. This is an example of muscles working as.

Synergists

The digastric muscle is involved in?

The digastric muscle functions during swallowing, chewing, and speech.

The insertion is?

The more mobile attachment site of a muscle to a bone

contracting the right sternocleidomastoid muscle would?

Your chin would touch your chest Rotate the head toward the left

The prime mover is?

a muscle that has the major responsibility for producing a specific movement.

An antagonist is?

a muscle, particularly one that works opposite to the action of the primary muscle.

Raising the eyebrows is the action of the.

frontalis muscle

Facial muscles are unusual in that they?

insert and sometimes originate on skin and connective tissue.

The zygomaticus major muscle?

is a muscle that controls facial expression, drawing the mouth's angle upward and outward.

Muscles that elevate the jaw and close the mouth include the?

masseter and medial pterygoid.

Which of the following muscles is involved in chewing gum?

masseter muscle

The type of muscle that functions as a sphincter is?

orbicular/ circular

contracting the trapezius muscle would?

Extend and laterally flex the neck

Contraction of the inferior rectus muscle directs the pupil to look?

Down