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Anatomy and Physiology Practice Test: The Muscular System
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1. What is the major factor controlling how levers work?
2. Which of the following is not a member of the hamstrings?
3. The supraspinatus is named for its location on the posterior aspect of the scapula above the spine. What is its action?
4. The broadest muscle of the back is the latissimus dorsi.
5. Muscles are only able to pull, they never push.
6. What type of muscle assists an agonist by causing a like movement or by stabilizing a joint over which an agonist acts?
7. Spasms of this straplike muscle often result in wryneck or torticollis.
8. Tennis players often complain about pain in the arm (forearm) that swings the racquet. What muscle is usually strained under these conditions?
9. The extensor carpi radialis brevis ________.
10. What is the main factor that determines the power of a muscle?
11. In a pennate muscle pattern ________.
12. Which muscles is (are) contracted to exhale forcibly?
13. The calcaneal tendon (Achilles tendon) is the largest, strongest tendon in the body.
14. Which of the following muscles is a flexor of the thigh?
15. A cute, little curly-haired child is sitting behind you in church. You turn around for a moment and she sticks her tongue out at you. Which tongue muscle did she use?
16. Paralysis of which of the following would make an individual unable to flex the thigh?
17. In order to propel food down to the esophagus, the pharyngeal constrictor muscles are used.
18. Muscle spasms of the back often are due to the erector spinae contraction.
19. Plantar flexion at the ankle joint is accomplished by the tibialis anterior muscle.
20. Adductor magnus, adductor longus, and adductor brevis are parts of a large muscle mass of the ________.
21. What are the muscles that are found at openings of the body collectively called?
22. If a lever operates at a mechanical disadvantage, it means that the ________.
23. A muscle group that works with and assists the action of a prime mover is a(n) ________.
24. Both first- and second-class levers operate at a mechanical disadvantage.
25. Muscles that help to maintain posture are often called synergists.

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