chapter 12

6. Which muscle is a supinator?

A. Biceps brachii

16. What muscle is an antagonist to psoas major?

A. Biceps femoris

44. What muscle does NOT flex the wrist?

A. Pronator teres

21. Which of the following does NOT act on the tibia or fibula?

A. Tibialis anterior

25. When you see the word _____, you know it must have something to do with the thumb.

A. pollicis

19. The longest muscle of the human body is

A. sartorius.

27. The _____ is one of the hamstring muscles on the posterior side of the thigh.

A. semimembranosus

The word hallucis is the name of a muscle that pertains to

A. the big toe.

20. The calcaneal (Achilles) tendon arises from

A. the gastrocnemius and soleus.

18. Crossing your legs while sitting employs mainly

A. the sartorius.

45. Which muscle does NOT extend the knee?

B. Biceps femoris

43. What muscles make up the triceps surae?

B. Gastrocnemius and soleus

8. Where does gluteus maximus insert?

B. Gluteal tuberosity

15. Which muscle abducts and medially rotates the thigh, and helps to stabilize the trunk during bipedal walking?

B. Gluteus medius

22. What does gluteus maximus do?

B. It acts in climbing the stairs by extending the thigh.

14. Which of the following muscles is NOT below the knee?

B. Rhomboideus major

28. Which of the following muscles produces plantar flexion of the foot?

B. Soleus

11. Which of the following belongs to the triceps surae of the calf?

B. The soleus muscle

39. An adductor of the thigh that originates on both the pubis and the ischium is

B. adductor magnus.

24. When you take a deep bow, you use

B. iliopsoas.

29. The teres major and teres minor originate on the _____ and insert on the ____.

B. scapula; humerus

34. Which muscle is especially important when lifting the arm overhead as when grasping "monkey bars" on a playground?

C. Deltoid

31. What is a connective tissue band on the lateral thigh that helps stabilize the knee?

C. Iliotibial band

35. What muscles insert on the intertubercular (bicipital) groove of the humerus?

C. Latissimus dorsi and pectoralis major

33. What are muscles that abduct the fingers?

C. Palmar interosseous muscles

37. A muscle found in the thenar eminence is

C. opponens pollicis.

17. Two prominent tendons you can palpate at the popliteal fossa arise from

C. semitendinosus and biceps femoris.

47. Why is it sometimes advantageous to inject drugs intramuscularly rather than subcutaneously or intravenously?

D. Drugs injected into muscles are absorbed gradually into the bloodstream.

23. Which tendon(s) run(s) through the carpal tunnel?

D. Flexor digitorum profundus

0. What muscle inserts on the lesser trochanter of the femur?

D. Iliopsoas

46. Which muscle is most important when using oars to row a boat?

D. Latissimus dorsi

4. Which muscle protracts and depresses the scapula?

D. Pectoralis minor

50. Where does biceps brachii insert?

D. Radial tuberosity

7. Which head of the quadriceps femoris extends the knee and flexes the thigh?

D. Rectus femoris

42. Which muscle flexes the knee?

D. Semimembranosus

32. Which muscle is NOT in the anterior compartment of the forearm?

D. Supinator

2. Which of the following muscles is part of the rotator cuff?

D. Teres minor

36. A person experiences muscular weakness on the palm and lateral side of the hand and pain that shoots up the arm. These symptoms are most likely caused by

D. compression of the median nerve.

3. After kicking a ball at a soccer match, Leticia feels excruciating pain at the back of the thigh. The injury is probably

D. injury to the hamstrings.

41. A prime mover for extending the arm is

D. latissimus dorsi.

8. The tendons of the abductor pollicis longus and the two extensor pollicis muscles border

D. the anatomical snuffbox.

26. The quadriceps femoris includes all of the following parts EXCEPT

D. the vastus femoris.

38. What muscle acts to evert the foot?

E. Fibularis (peroneus) longus

13. Which of the following is NOT a muscle of the lower extremity?

E. Flexor carpi ulnaris

49. Which muscle does NOT have an origin or insertion on the linea aspera?

E. Pectineus

10. Which muscle from the list is most important for push-ups?

E. Pectoralis major

9. What muscle originates at the anterior superior iliac spine, and crosses both hip and knee joints?

E. Sartorius

30. Which muscle extends the elbow?

E. Triceps brachii

12. Prominent tendons on the dorsum of the hand belong to the ______ muscle.

E. extensor digitorum

5. The pronator teres and pronator quadratus

E. turn the palm downward.