U5L4 - Post Quiz - Muscle Types, Movements, and Names

The point of muscle attachment to an immovable or less movable bone is known as the ____.

• innervation

• action

• insertion

• origin

What is structure "E"?

• insertion

• origin

• contracting muscle

• immovable bone

While doing "jumping jacks" during an exercise class, your arms and legs move laterally away from the midline of your body. This motion is called ____.

• extension

• flexion

• adduction

• abduction

Which of the below terms is labeled as “C”?

• Antagonist

• Insertion

• Origin

• Prime Mover

Stabilizes a joint so that the prime mover can act at more distal joints

• synergist

• fixator

• prime mover

• antagonist

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You have discovered a new muscle named tibialis deltoideus. This muscle would most likely be a ____.

• shoulder muscle

• triangular muscle of the leg

• an abductor muscle of the thigh

• adductor muscle of the thigh

Choose which muscle naming rules are used for (check all that apply):

Pectoralis major

• Location of muscle

• Direction of the muscle fibers

• Relative size of the muscle

• Number of origins

• Location of the muscle's origin and insertion

Choose which muscle naming rules are used for (check all that apply):

Rectus abdominis

• Action of the muscle

• Number of origins

• Location of the muscle

• Size of the muscle

• Direction of the muscle fibers

Turn sole of foot so it faces laterally

• Inversion
• Eversion
• Dorsiflexion
• Plantar flexion

Moving palm of hand from posterior position to anterior position

• Circumduction
• Rotation
• Supination
• Pronation