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In the limbs which tends to be a muscles more distal attachment |
The insertion The muscle who's action opposes that of the prime mover is known as |
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The muscle who is action of opposes that of the prime mover is known as |
Antagonist |
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The rhomboid muscle is named for its |
Shape |
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A nursing baby is using what muscle to suckle |
Buccinator |
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The ending "glossus" on the name of a muscle refers to |
The tongue |
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If the right sternocleidomastoid contracts unilaterally, the resulting movement will be |
Lateral flexion of the head to the right and rotation of the head to the left. |
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The muscles elevate the ribs and have their origin on the inferior border of the superior riband their insertion on the superior border of the inferior rib |
External intercostals |
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Contraction of the diaphragm assists in |
Inspiration |
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The deepest of the abdominal muscles are the _____ muscles |
Transversus abdominus |
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What are the tendinous intersections |
Fibrous, perpendicular insertions between successive sheets or blocks of muscle |
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In the male, which muscle ejects urine or semen, compresses the base of the penis, and helps in formation of an erection. |
Bulbospongiosus |
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The anterior border of the perineum is the |
Pubic symphysis |
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Which muscles help us in the initial breakdown of food. |
Muscles of mastication |
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The characteristic of muscle that allows it to be passively stretched is |
Extensibility |
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Invaginations of the muscle cell membrane that extend deep into the cell are known as the |
T-tubules |
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Which of the following structures has active sites to which the heads of the thick filaments will bind. |
Actin |
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The presence of mitochondria and myoglobin facilitate _______respiration in muscle cells |
Aerobic |
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One feature that helps provide fast energy to a muscle cell is the presence of granules containing the complex carbohydrate |
Glycogen |
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Which structures are reservoirs that store acetylcholine |
Synaptic vesicles |
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During which phase of the crossbridge cycle is ATP split into ADP and Pi |
Immediately preceding the resetting of the myosin head |
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Phosphate transfer is used for |
Immediate ATP needs and us not dependent on oxygen |
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Oxidative fibers are |
Red and fatigue-resistant |
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Which fibers dominate many of the back and calf muscles that contract almost continually to maintain posture |
Slow-twitch |
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Consider the difference between lifting a light pad of paper versus a heavy textbook. The primary way the level of force of muscle contraction is controlled by |
Recruiting a different number of motor units |
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When a muscle is isometrically contracted, it's length _______ change |
Does not |
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Increased phosphate ion concentration is believed to contribute to fatigue by interfering with |
Phosphate release by myosin heads during crossbridge cycling |
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Lifting weights will cause muscles to enlarge. This is primarily due to |
An increase in the size of muscle cells. |
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To initiate a smooth muscle cell contraction l, calcium enters the cell and binds to |
Calmodulin, which then binds to and activates myosin light-chain kinase |
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The iris of the eye contains |
Multiunit smooth muscle |
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Muscles of the vertebral column are simple, having only one origin and one insertion. True or false |
False |
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As the diaphragm contracts, the vertical dimensions of the thoracic cavity are decreased. true or false |
False |
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A condition in which a portion of the viscera protrudes through a weakened point of the muscular wall of the abdominopelvic cavity is known as a hernia. True or false |
True |
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Muscles that protract the scapula would be ______ thoracic muscles. |
Anterior |
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Muscles of the pectoral girdle originate on the |
Axial skeleton and insert on the clavicle and scapula. |
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All of these muscles, except one, Adduct the arm. Select the exception |
SupraSpinatus |
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Many of the muscles in the anterior compartment of the forearm work to _____ the wrist , and they have their origin on the _______ epicondyle of the humerus |
Flex, medial |
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Which group of muscles form a thick, fleshy mass at the base of the thumb. |
Thenar group |
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The function of the biceps femoris is to |
Extend the thigh and flex the leg |
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Crustal muscles are those that move the |
Ankle foot and toes |
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These 2 muscles are known as the triceps surae and together are the most powerful plantar flexors of all the leg muscles |
Gastrocnemius and soleus |