6.4 Quiz: Muscle Movements, Types, and Names

The point of muscle attachment to an immovable or less movable bone is known as the ________. (#1 in picture)

• innervation

• action

• insertion

• origin

Muscles that perform opposite actions to one another are termed ________.

• synergists

• prime movers

• antagonists

• fixators

Which movement is opposite to abduction?

• flexion

• rotation

• circumduction

• adduction

• supination

All muscles have at least two attachments: the origin and the insertion.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Abduction and adduction are antagonistic actions.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Supination and pronation refer to up and down movements of the foot at the ankle.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Type of movement that decreases the angle of the joint

• inversion

• flexion

• rotation

• supination

• abduction

Type of movement that allows you to carry a soup bowl

• supination

• abduction

• adduction

• plantar flexion

• extension

The movement of a limb toward the body midline

• flexion

• abduction

• adduction

• plantar flexion

• extension

Type of movement that points the toes

• flexion

• inversion

• plantar flexion

• adduction

• abduction