KINESIOLOGY

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Which of the following muscles compresses the cheeks in order to blow a trumpet?

Buccinator

The ___________________ artery passes deep and medial to the sternocleidomastoid.

Carotid

Which type of contraction is also known as shortening (in which to cause an action)?

Concentric

Which of the following muscles are involved in deglutition?

Digastric and suprahyoid

Which muscle wrinkles the forehead and raises the eyebrows?

Frontalis

Which two muscles attach to the galea aponeurosis?

Frontalis and Occipitalis

On what bone does the tongue originate?

Hyoid

Which of the following muscles would elevate the upper lip?

Levator Labii Superioris

Which of the following flex the neck?

Longus capitis, longus colli, sternocleidomastoid, and scalenus anterior

Which bone contains the coronoid process?

Mandible

Which muscle is located in the medial chin and is known is sometimes called the "pouting muscle"?

Mentalis

Which of the following muscles is considered a member of the "ghost headache" muscle group and helps to initiate head movement?

Oblique Capitis Inferior

Which of the following muscles originates on the transverse processes of sixth and seventh cervical vertebra and inserts on the second rib?

Posterior Scalene

What does the term mastication mean?

Process of chewing

Which of the following is not a muscle of mastication?

Risorius

Which of the following pathologies is a lateral deviation of the normal straight curvature of the spine?

Scoliosis

Which of the following muscles would be a synergist to the upper trapezius fibers during bilateral contraction?

Splenius Capitis

A client is unable to extend his neck. Which muscle may be shortened and prohibiting this action?

Sternocleidomastoid

Which muscle inserts on the mastoid process and originates on the manubrium of sternum and the medial third of the clavicle?

Sternocleidomastoid

Which of the following muscles rotate the head and neck to the opposite side?

Sternocleidomastoid

Which of the following muscles rotates the neck but does not attach to any vertebrae and is associated with opposite side head rotation?

Sternocleidomastoid

Which of the following muscles is NOT a rotator cuff muscle?

Teres Major

Which of the following bones are separated by the sagittal suture?

The two parietal bones

Which of the following muscles is involved in tension headaches?

Trapezius Temporalis Splenius Capitis All of the above

Which of the following muscles are known as the smiling muscles?

Zygomaticus major and minor

The opposing muscle that relaxes and stretches or eccentrically contracts to allow the actions of the prime mover to occur is called the ___________________.

antagonist

A broad flat tendon.

aponeurosis

What type of muscle fiber arrangement does orricularis oculi have?

circular

Which of the following structures of the neck make up the prominent "Adam's Apple" in men?

enlargement of the thyroid cartilage

Which bone contains the external occipital protuberance and the superior nuchal lines?

occiput

Which of the following is considered the kissing muscle?

orbicularis oris

What muscle originates on ribs 3-5 and inserts on the corachoid process of the scapula (with actions of depressing the scapula and abduction/protraction of the scapula)?

pectoralis minor

Which of the following is a sign of idiopathic scoliosis?

rib hump

Which of the following muscles are known as the neurovascular entrappers?

scalenes and pec minor

Which of the following muscles bilaterally extends the neck, rotates the neck and laterally flexes the neck and is deep to trapezius and rhomboids?

splenius capitis

Which of the following muscles extends the head and neck?

splenius capitis upper trapezius splenius cervicis

Bilateral hypertonicity of which muscle could cause forward head posture?

sternocleidomastoid

Which of the following muscles in the musculotendinous cuff or rotator cuff group has an action that medially rotates the humerus and has an insertion on the lesser tubercle of the humerus?

subscapularis

Which bone contains the mastoid process?

temporal

Which of the following muscles originate on the temporal fossa and related fascia, inserts on the coronoid process of the mandible and elevates the mandible?

temporalis

A spasm in the sternocleidomastoid muscle that causes the head to tilt or rotate to one side is a charcateristic of ____________________.

torticollis or wryneck


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