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WorksheetsExam 3 Practice Quiz
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 30mins
This muscle is the largest muscle of the torso and originates from the thoracolumbar aponeurosis, thoracic spinous processes, and inferior angle of the scapula.
Rhomboid major
Rhomboid minor
Latissimus dorsi
Trapezius
This group of muscles span the anteromedial aspect of thigh and are responsible for femoral adduction.
Pectineus
Hip Flexors
Adductors
Quadriceps
This aspect of the gluteals is not involved with medial rotation of the hip.
Gluteus medius
Gluteus maximus
Gluteus minimus
Adductor magnus
This muscle is the strongest muscle of scapular retraction.
Trapezius
Rhomboid major
Rhomboid
Rhomboid minor
This muscle has attachment points along the scapula, humerus, and olecranon process of the ulna and is responsible extension of the humerus and elbow.
Anconeus
Posterior deltoid
Latissimus dorsi
Triceps brachii
This aspect of the triceps is chiefly responsible for humeral extension.
Long
Lateral
Medial
Anconeus
What muscle [group] [is] an agonist in hip extension during a vertical jump?
Hamstrings
Adductors
Gluteals
Quadriceps
This aspect of the hamstrings has the longest moment arm at both knee flexion and hip extension and is commonly injured when decelerating?
Short head of the biceps femoris
Long head of the biceps femoris
Semimembranosus
Semitendinosus
Which muscle is not apart of the erector spinae group?
Rotares
Spinalis
Longissimus
Ilicostalis
This expansive tendinous and aponeurotic structure is heavily involved in force transference throughout the body and is the main, non-bony anatomical link between the lower body and the upper body.
Iliacus
Rectus Femoris
Thoracolumbar fascia
Tensor Fasciae Latae
This muscle, which links both the appendicular and axial divisions of the skeleton, internally rotates and flexes the humerus.
Latissimus dorsi
Pectoralis major
Teres major
Pectoralis minor
This muscle, which links both the appendicular and axial divisions of the skeleton, internally rotates and extends the humerus.
Latissimus dorsi
Pectoralis major
Teres major
Pectoralis minor
Colloquially known as the "SITS muscles", these (4) muscles stabilize the humeral head within the glenoid cavity of the scapula.
Deltoid muscles
Pectoralis muscles
Rotator cuff muscles
Trapezius muscles
Muscles encompass a wide range of characteristics, except:
Adaptability
Contractility
Flexibility
Extensibility
Which is not a primary function of muscle?
Posture
Movement
Thermoregulation
Amination to glucose for energy
Characterized by fascicles running parallel to its long axis.
Multipennate
Parallel
Bipennate
Circular
Characterized by widespread fascicles distributed over a large area which converged on a common attachment site.
Bipennate
Multipennate
Fusiform
Covergent
Characterized by fascicles which exhibit the same angle of their tendon.
Bipennate
Multipennate
Fusiform
Pennate
Contraction resulting in attachments being drawn closer together.
Isotonic
Isokinetic
Concentric
Eccentric
Specific location within the muscle fiber where it is innervated by a motor neuron.
Musculotendinous junction
Neuromuscular junction
Princeton Junction
Thoracolumnbar fascia
It is within this organelle that the neurotransmitter ACh binds to receptors within the muscle membrane.
Synaptic cleft
Synaptic knob
Motor end plate
Musculotendinous junction
Which of the following attributes are not considered when classifying muscle fiber types?
MHC expression
MLC expression
ATP supply
Type of contraction generated
Muscle fiber type in which ATP supply is derived from greater mitochondrial content.
Type I
Type IIA
Type IIX
Type II
Known as the "Superman" fiber, these fibers have a balance supply and utilization of ATP from different sources, owing to its diverse enzymatic capacity.
Type II
Type I
Type IIX
Type IA
In which of the following structures is ACh broken down?
Neuromuscular junction
Gap junction
Synaptic cleft
Synaptic knob
Which muscle fiber type is the most fatigue resistant?
Type I
Type IIA
Type IIX
Type IIB
Highly adaptable and metabolically active tissue that represents roughly 20-25% of an individual's resting metabolic rate.
Muscle tissue
Bone tissue
Connective tissue
Cardiac tissue
Multinculeated cells which contain contractile proteins and glycogen.
Skeletal Muscle Cell
Cardiac Muscle Cell
Myofascial Cell
Epithelium Tissue
Comprised of a thin, flattened sheet of dense regular connective tissue which grants it the capacity to absorb forces.
Muscle
Tendon
Ligament
Aponeurosis
Centrally located and visible region of the myofilament when sarcomere is not contracting, but disappears during contraction.
A band
H zone
Z disc
I band
