Muscle Movement
Q: What body movement describes a circle with the distal end while the proximal end stays fixed?
dorsiflexion
circumduction
inversion
supination
A: What is supination?
This muscle encircles the mouth and is responsible for puckering the lips, as in kissing or whistling.
Answer:
What is the orbicularis oris?
Q: What cranial nerve is known as the facial nerve?
Choices:
cranial nerve VII
cranial nerve V
cranial nerve II
cranial nerve IX
A: What is cranial nerve VII?
: Where is some of the largest, densest muscle tissue found?
Choices:
neck
legs
face
arms
A: What are the legs?
: What is the strong connective tissue that attaches muscle to bone?
Choices:
ligament
fascia
epimysium
tendon
A: What is a tendon?
Q: What type of movement turns your palm upward?
Choices:
opposition
flexion
hyperextension
supination
A: What is supination?
Q: What muscle causes wrinkling of the chin?
Choices:
mentalis
zygomaticus major
masseter
triangularis
A: What is the mentalis?
Q: Where do the branches of cranial nerve V NOT extend to?
Choices:
lips
eyes
nose
ears
A: What are the ears?
This muscle covers the back of the neck and upper back and is responsible for moving the shoulders and extending the neck.
Q: What are the three types of fascia?
Choices:
deep, shallow, and subcutaneous
deep, subcutaneous, and subserous
cutaneous, subcutaneous, and deep
subcutaneous, serous, and subserous
A: What are deep, subcutaneous, and subserous fascia?
Q: What statement about the tibialis anterior is correct?
Choices:
It is thin at its point of origination but becomes fleshy toward the end.
It is situated on the medial side of the tibia.
It originates just above the knee.
It is a vital muscle for controlling dorsiflexion and supination of the foot.
A: What is "It is a vital muscle for controlling dorsiflexion and supination of the foot"?
Q: What is the antagonist to the levator anguli oris?
Choices:
mentalis
orbicularis oris
risorius
depressor anguli oris
A: What is the depressor anguli oris?
Q: What muscles are also known as striated muscles?
Choices:
involuntary
cardiac
smooth
skeletal
A: What are skeletal muscles?
Q: What is NOT one of the muscles of the forehead and eyes?
Choices:
corrugator supercilii
frontalis
orbicularis oculi
zygomaticus minor
A: What is the zygomaticus minor?
Q: What is NOT one of the functions of the platysma?
Choices:
allowing the snarling movement of the upper lip
supporting and balancing the upright head
pulling down the lower lip and corners of the mouth
covering the external jugular vein
A: What is "allowing the snarling movement of the upper lip"?
Q: What portion of the orbicularis oculi encircles the eye?
Choices:
palpebral
lacrimal apparatus
orbital
orifice
A: What is the orbital portion?
This part of the nervous system controls involuntary muscles and regulates the actions of smooth muscles, glands, blood vessels, and the heart.
These muscles draw a body part inward toward the body's midline and are essential for maintaining posture and balance.
This term describes the movement that decreases the angle between two bones at a joint, such as bending the elbow or knee.
Answer:
What is flexion?
This muscle extends from the cheekbone to the corners of the mouth and is responsible for elevating the lip, contributing to smiling.
Answer:
What is the zygomaticus major?
This cranial nerve is both sensory and motor, innervates the muscles of facial expression, transmits taste from the anterior tongue, and also controls secretions from the lacrimal and salivary glands.
Answer:
What is the seventh cranial nerve (facial nerve)?
Q: What muscle is inferior to the biceps?
Choices:
humerus
brachialis
deltoid
triceps brachii
A: What is the brachialis?