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WorksheetsAnatomy 5.3 Part 1 - Body movements
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
The end of the muscle that attaches to a fixed structure is called the
origin
insertion
tendon
contraction
A muscle attachment to a bone that tends to move when the muscle contracts
origin
insertion
tendon
contraction
Movement #1 is called
extension
flexion
abduction
reduction
This movement is called -
adduction
extension
flexion
hyperextension
This movement is known as -
extension
flexion
adduction
hyperextension
Movement #1 is called -
plantar flexion
dorsiflexion
hyperextension
inversion
Movement #2 is called
inversion
dorsiflexion
plantar flexion
eversion
Movement #1 is called -
circumduction
reduction
adduction
abduction
Movement #2 is called -
adduction
circumduction
abduction
plantar flexion
Movement #3 is called
abduction
adduction
circumduction
deviation
Movement #1 is called
inversion
eversion
plantar flexion
dorsiflexion
Movement #2 is called
inversion
eversion
plantar flexion
dorsiflexion
Movement #1 is called
radial deviation
ulnar deviation
supination
pronation
Movement #2 is called
radial deviation
ulnar deviation
supination
pronation
Movement #2 is called
rotation
medial rotation
lateral rotation
twisting rotation
Movement #3 is called
rotation
medial rotation
lateral rotation
twisted rotation
Movement #1 is called
medial rotation
supination
lateral rotation
pronation
Movement #2 is called
medial rotation
supination
lateral rotation
pronation
This movement is called -
circumduction
adduction
opposition
insertion
The muscle with the major responsibility for a certain movement (the one that starts the movment)
antagonist
flexor
prime mover
synergist
The muscle that opposes or reverses a prime mover
synergist
prime mover
antagonist
fixator
A muscle that aids a prime mover by producing the same movement or by reducing undesirable movements
Prime mover
anatgonist
fixator
synergist
A specialized type of synergists, that hold the bone still or stabilizes the origin of a prime mover.
synergist
fixator
anatagonist
prime mover
A term when muscles are in a straight line. The muscle fibers run down that line, parallel to the imaginary line
rectus
oblique
maximus
minimus
Where a muscle runs at a slant to an imaginary line.
rectus
oblique
maximus
minimus
The largest of a muscle group may be named this word
axial
minimus
maximus
rectus
A muscle with two areas of origin would be called
triceps
biceps
rectus
quadricep
a muscle with 3 areas of origin would be called a -
triceps
biceps
quadriceps
hamstrings
A deltoid muscle would mean the shape is
round
cylindrical
triangular
square
Adduction means to bring the thighs inwards. Muscles that do this are called -
quadriceps
adductor muscles
abductor muscles
hamstrings
