UTA A&P Exam 2 Review Questions and
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To cause movement, a muscle must ______ - contract
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II Most ______ muscles above the knee are flexors and medial rotators - anterior
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Most posterior muscles above the knee are ______ and ______ - extensors; lateral
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rotators
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II Muscles that are ______ to the joint are abductors - superior
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II Muscles that are inferior to the joint are ______ - adductors
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II Axial skeletal muscles make up ______ of total muscles - 60%
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II Appendicular skeletal muscles make up ______ of total muscles - 40% II II II II II II II II II II II II
II Muscles that cross the sternoclavicular joint - move the shoulder
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II Muscles that cross the shoulder joint - move the arm
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II Muscles that cross the elbow joint - move the forearm
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II Muscles that cross the wrist joints - move the hand
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II Muscles that cross the joints of digits - move the fingers
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II Vertical axis - internal/external rotation
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II Horizontal axis - flexion/extension II II II II II
II AP axis - abduction/adduction
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Bending the arm (contracting the biceps and relaxing the triceps) - joint: elbow joint
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axis of rotation: horizontal
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plane: sagittal II
movement: elbow flexion II II
Lifting dumb-bells up laterally - joint: shoulder joint
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axis of rotation: AP axis
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plane: frontal II
movement: arm adduction II II
, Raising one foot off the ground - joint: knee joint
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axis of rotation: horizontal
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plane: sagittal II
movement: knee flexion II II
Lifting a bar and twisting side to side - joint (kind of): spine
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axis of rotation: vertical
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plane: transverse II
movement: internal/external trunk rotation II II II
II The orbicularis oculi does what? - closes the eye
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II The zygomaticus helps us... - with smiling
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A patient has been experiencing headaches, pain in the jaw area, and has confessed to
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lots of teeth grinding. They likely have: - TMJ syndrome
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II "Glossus" pertains to the - Tongue II II II II II II II
Which of the following pertain to muscles of the pelvic floor? - includes the urethral
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sphincter/anal sphincter and controls urination/defecation
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II When breathing, the diaphragm ______ during inhalation and ______ during exhalation -
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On the hand, muscles on the anterior side (palmar surface) cause ______, while muscles
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on the posterior side (dorsal surface) cause ______ - flexion; extension
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II When driving a car, stepping on the gas would be what motion? - plantar flexion
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The calf has two major muscles. Which of the following is correct? - The gastrocnemius
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is involved in jumping/explosive movements and the soleus is involved in daily
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movements
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II The biceps brachii which crosses two joints is - biarticular
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II Shin splints can cause pain in which muscle - tibialis anterior
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When referring to the muscles of the digits the thumb is referred to as ______ and the big
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toe is referred to as ______ - pollicus; hallicus
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List the anterior body wall muscles from superficial to deep and their functions - Rectus
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abdominis (trunk flexor), external oblique (trunk rotation), internal oblique (trunk rotation),
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transverse abdominis (flatten trunk), and internal/external intercostals (maintain space
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between ribs, help with respiration)
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