Multiple Choice
The most common lever systems in the body are those that have the applied force between the fulcrum and the resistance. These are called __________ levers.
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10. Muscles
Origin and Insertion
Back10. Muscles
Origin and Insertion
- Textbook Question
Which of the following muscles attach to the hip bones?
a. Rectus abdominis
b. Rectus femoris
c. Vastus medialis
d. Vastus lateralis
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- Textbook Question
Why do you think that the muscles of the erector spinae and transversospinal muscle groups remain in a state of continual contraction when we are upright?
- Multiple ChoiceWhere do all of the fibers of the latissimus dorsi muscle distally attach?
- Multiple ChoiceIn anatomy, a muscle or tendon typically attaches to which type of anatomic landmark?
- Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following statements about second-class levers is correct?5views1rank
- Textbook Question
Match the muscle with its main action:
____Vastus medius muscle
____Gracilis muscle
____Gluteus medius muscle
____Gastrocnemius muscle
____Biceps femoris muscle
____Tibialis anterior muscle
a. Adducts thigh
b. Extends thigh and flexes leg
c. Plantarflexes foot
d. Abducts thigh
e. Dorsiflexes foot
f. Extends leg
- Textbook Question
On which bones do the four rotator cuff muscles originate and insert?
- ActivityMuscles of the lateral compartment of the right leg5views
- Textbook Question
Which of these thigh muscles causes movement at the hip joint?
a. Rectus femoris
b. Biceps femoris
c. Vastus lateralis
d. Semitendinosus
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Which eye muscle passes through the trochlea and turns the eye inferiorly and laterally?
a. Lateral rectus muscle
b. Inferior rectus muscle
c. Inferior oblique muscle
d. Superior oblique muscle
- Multiple ChoiceIn anatomy, what is the origin of a skeletal muscle?
- Multiple ChoiceIn skeletal muscle anatomy, what term refers to the more movable muscle attachment during a contraction?
- Multiple ChoiceWhich muscle flexes and rotates the lumbar region of the vertebral column?2views
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