Muscular Quiz

The three types of muscle tissue are _______________________.

• skeletal, smooth, limbic

• nervous, exocrine, cardiac

• skeletal, smooth, cardiac

• skeletal, limbic, cardiac

• none of these are correct

When performing extension exercises, you are ____________________.

• increasing the angle of the joint

• turning the palm downward

• decreasing the angle of the joint

• turning the palm upward

Muscles are named by their _________________________________.

• number of divisions

• origin and insertion

• both origin, insertion and number of divisions

• neither of these

Myorrhexis is a condition of ____________________.

• hardening of the muscle

• rupture of the muscle

• abnormal bleeding of the muscle

• removal of the muscle

• none of these are correct

A condition that is caused when the tendons passing through the carpal tunnel are overused and become

inflamed and swollen is ________________________.

• bradykinesia

• fibromyalgia

• carpal tunnel syndrome

• tendinitis

• rotator cuff

In this health occupation, you would treats people with mental, physical, developmental and emotional disabilities; helping them to develop or maintain daily living skills

• occupational therapist

• massage therapist

• athletic trainer

• physical therapist

• none of these are correct

This type of muscle tissue attaches to the bone and is also called striated because of the way the muscle fibers look.

• skeletal

• cardiac

• visceral

• smooth

Smooth muscle tissue is under what type of control?

• involuntary

• visceral

• voluntary

• none of these are correct

John is a physical therapist. He spends his day moving the extremities of brain injured patients in a local hospital facility. If John is performing “flexion” exercises, he would be _______________:

• turning the palm upward

• raising a body part

• decreasing the angle of a joint

• moving the extremity away from the midline

If John is bending the patient’s foot upward toward his face, he is assisting the patient in _________.

• pronation

• plantar flexion

• supination

• dorsiflexion