Level 1 Remember/Understand

(Some questions have more than one correct answer. Select the best
answer or answers from the choices given.)

1. A muscle that assist an agonist by causing a like movement

or by stabilizing a joint over which an agonist acts is a(n)
(a) antagonist,
(b) prime mover,
(c) synergist,
(d) agonist.

2. The arrangement of muscle fibers in which the fibers

are arranged at an angle to a central longitudinal tendon is
(a) circular,
(b) longitudinal,
(c) pennate,
(d) parallel.
3. Match the muscle names in column B to the facial muscles
described in column A.
Column A
_ (l ) squint the eyes
_ (2) raises the eyebrows
_(3) smiling muscle
_ (4) puckers the lips
_(5) pulls the scalp posteriorly
Column B
(a) corrugator supercilii
(b) depressor anguli oris
(c) frontal belly of epicranius
(d) occipital belly of . . ep1cramus
(e) orbicularis oculi
(f) orbicularis oris
(g) zygomaticus
4. The prime mover of inspiration is the
(a) diaphragm,
(b) internal intercostals,
(c) external intercostals,
(d) abdominal wall muscles.
5. The arm muscle that both flexes and supinates the forearm is the
(a) brachialis,
(b) brachioradialis,
(c) biceps brachii,
(d) triceps brachii.
6. The chewing muscles that protract the mandible and produce
side-to-side grinding movements are the
(a) buccinators,
(b) masseters,
(c) temporalis,
(d) pterygoids.
7. Muscles that depress the hyoid bone and larynx include all but the
(a) sternohyoid,
(b) omohyoid,
(c) geniohyoid,
( d) sternothyroid.
8. Intrinsic muscles of the back that promote extension of the spine
(or head) include all but
(a) splenius muscles,
(b) semispinalis muscles,
(c) scalene muscles,
(d) erector spinae.
9. Several muscles act to move and/or stabilize the scapula. Which
of the following are small rectangular muscles that square the
shoulders as they act together to retract the scapula?
(a) Levator scapulae,
(b) rhomboid
(c) serratus anterior,
(d) trapezius.
10. A prime mover of thigh flexion is the
(a) rectus femoris,
(b) iliopsoas,
(c) vastus muscles,
(d) gluteus maximus.
11. The prime mover of thigh extension against resistance is the
(a) gluteus maximus,
(b) gluteus medius,
(c) biceps femoris,
(d) semimembranosus.
12. Which criterion (or criteria) is/are used in naming the gluteus
medius?
(a) relative size
(b) muscle location
(c) muscle shape
(d) action
(e) number of origins.
13. Which of the following is a large, deep muscle that protracts the
scapula during punching?
(a) serratus anterior,
(b) rhomboids,
(c) Levator scapulae,
(d) subscapularis.

14. Which muscles act to propel food down the length of the
pharynx to the esophagus?

15. Name and describe the action of muscles used to shake your
head no; to nod yes.

16. (a) Name two forearm muscles that are powerful extensors and abductors of the hand.
(b) Name the sole forearm muscle that can flex the distal interphalangeal joint
Level 2 Apply/Analyze

17. Name four criteria used in naming muscles, and provide an

example (other than those used in the text) that illustrates each
criterion.

20. List all six possible movements that can occur at the shoulder joint and name the prime
mover(s) of each movement. And their antagonists.
21. Name two muscles in each of the following compartment~
or regions:
(a) thenar eminence (ball of thumb),
(b) posterior compartment of forearm,
(c) anterior compartment of forearm-deep muscle group
( d) anterior muscle group in the arm,
( e) muscles of mastication
(I) third muscle layer of the foot
(g) posterior compartment of leg,
(h) medial compartment of thigh
(i) posterior compartment of thigh.

22. When Mrs. O'Brien returned to her doctor for a follow-up visit after childbirth, she
complained that she was incontinent
(having problems controlling her urine flow) when she sneezed.
The physician asked his nurse to give Mrs. O'Brien instructions
on how to perform exercises to strengthen the muscles of the
pelvic floor. To which muscles was he referring?
23. As Kendra's coach watched her sail over the high jump bar, he
contracted his right orbicularis oculi muscle, raised his arm, and
contracted his opponens pollicis. Was he pleased or displeased
with her performance? How do you know?