Muscle Movements, Types and Names

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

• innervation

• action

• insertion

• origin

The least movable point of muscle attachment to a bone is termed its ________.

• function

• insertion

• action

• origin

The movement opposite to abduction is ________.

• rotation

• circumduction

• adduction

• supination

Which of the following muscles closes the jaw?

• buccinator

• zygomaticus

• sternocleidomastoid

• both masseter and temporalis

Sandra is playing the piano for her recital. Which muscle is NOT involved in the movement of her hands and/or fingers ________.

• extensor digitorum longus

• flexor carpi radialis

• extensor digitorum

• flexor carpi ulnaris

Which of these muscles is a synergist to masseter?

• sternocleidomastoid

• temporalis

• trapezius

• buccinator

Which muscle helps compress the abdominal contents during defecation or childbirth?

• deltoids

• trapezius

• iliopsoas

• rectus abdominis

A muscle located on the ventral (anterior) side of the body is the ________.

• pectoralis major

• occipitalis

• gastrocnemius

• gluteus medius

A nursing infant develops a powerful sucking muscle that adults also use for whistling or blowing a trumpet called the ________.

• platysma

• masseter

• zygomaticus

• buccinator

What is the main function of the quadriceps group?

• arm flexion

• knee extension

• hand supination

• thigh abduction