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Anatomy and Physiology Practice Test: The Muscular System
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1. The names of muscles often indicate the action of the muscle. What does the term levator mean?
2. What is the main factor that determines the power of a muscle?
3. The soleus is a synergist of the gastrocnemius during plantar flexion.
4. Which of the following describes the suprahyoid muscles?
5. A pair of tweezers is a good example of a second-class lever.
6. What do the genioglossus, hyoglossus, and styloglossus muscles have in common?
7. Tennis players often complain about pain in the arm (forearm) that swings the racquet. What muscle is usually strained under these conditions?
8. What muscle is responsible for keeping your toes from dragging when walking?
9. The deltoid is a prime mover of the arm that acts in adduction.
10. Which muscles is (are) contracted to exhale forcibly?
11. Which of the following statements is true regarding the total number of skeletal muscles in the human body?
12. The chewing muscle covering the ramus of the mandible is the buccinator.
13. What is the major factor controlling how levers work?
14. The muscles of facial expression insert into skin or other muscles, not bones.
15. Which of the following best describes the orbicularis oris?.
16. Which of the following is not a member of the hamstrings?
17. Paralysis of which of the following would make an individual unable to flex the thigh?
18. The extensor carpi radialis brevis ________.
19. Which of these is not a way of classifying muscles?
20. In order to propel food down to the esophagus, the pharyngeal constrictor muscles are used.
21. Both first- and second-class levers operate at a mechanical disadvantage.
22. Adductor magnus, adductor longus, and adductor brevis are parts of a large muscle mass of the ________.
23. The epicranius or occipitofrontalis has two bellies, the frontal and occipital.
24. Which of the following describes fascicle arrangement in a pennate muscle?
25. Plantar flexion at the ankle joint is accomplished by the tibialis anterior muscle.

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