Muscular System- Gross Anatomy

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General

Principles

FINAL ROUND

Head

Muscles Trunk

Muscles Upper Limb

Muscles

Lower Limb

Muscles

General Principles:

$100 Question

When a skeletal muscle contracts to

cause a given movement, the relatively

stationary end of attachment of the

muscle is termed this:

a. origin

b. insertion

c. antagonist

d. belly BACK TO GAME

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General Principles:

$100 Answer

When a skeletal muscle contracts to

cause a given movement, the relatively

stationary end of attachment of the

muscle is termed this:

a. origin

b. insertion

c. antagonist

d. belly BACK TO GAME

General Principles:

$200 Question

When a muscle contracts, it usually has an

opposing muscle that can cause

movement in the opposite direction called

this:

a. prime mover

b. agonist

c. antagonist

d. synergist BACK TO GAME

ANSWER

General Principles:

$200 Answer

When a muscle contracts, it usually has an

opposing muscle that can cause

movement in the opposite direction called

this:

a. prime mover

b. agonist

c. antagonist

d. synergist

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General Principles:

$300 Question

Knowing that muscles are often named for

their anatomical location, the brachialis,

coracobrachialis and brachioradialis would

all be found in this region:

a. arm

b. forearm

c. trunk

d. thigh

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General Principles:

$300 Answer

Knowing that muscles are often named for

their anatomical location, the brachialis,

coracobrachialis and brachioradialis would

all be found in this region:

a. arm

b. forearm

c. trunk

d. thigh

e. leg BACK TO GAME

General Principles:

$400 Question

Which of the following types of muscle

would be found lining the digestive

system?

a. cardiac

b. smooth

c. skeletal

d. striated

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General Principles:

$400 Answer

Which of the following types of muscle

would be found lining the digestive

system?

a. cardiac

b. smooth

c. skeletal

d. striated

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General Principles:

$500 Question

A large broad sheet of connective tissue,

such as on the abdomen, is called a/an

a. aponeurosis

b. epimysium

c. perimysium

d. endomysium

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General Principles:

$500 Answer

A large broad sheet of connective tissue,

such as on the abdomen, is called a/an

` a. aponeurosis

b. epimysium

c. perimysium

d. endomysium

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Head Muscles:

$100 Question

The combination of a neuron and the

muscle fibers it associates with is

called a

a. fascicle

b. motor end plate

c. motor unit

d. myoneural junction

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ANSWER

Head Muscles:

$100 Answer

The combination of a neuron and the

muscle fibers it associates with is

called a

a. fascicle

b. motor end plate

c. motor unit

d. myoneural junction

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Head Muscles:

$200 Question

During the contraction of the

sarcomere, calcium ions bind with

a. actin

b. myosin

c. troponin

d. tryptophan

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ANSWER

Head Muscles:

$200 Answer

During the contraction of the

sarcomere, calcium ions bind with

a. actin

b. myosin

c. troponin

d. tryptophan

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Head Muscles:

$300 Question

Which molecule is produced during

exercise, resulting in oxygen debt?

a. glycogen

b. ATP

c. pyruvate

d. lactic acid

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ANSWER

Head Muscles:

$300 Answer

Which molecule is produced during

exercise, resulting in oxygen debt?

a. glycogen

b. ATP

c. pyruvate

d. lactic acid

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Head Muscles:

$400 Question

The period of time in which a muscle

will not respond to a stimulus is the

____ period.

a. latent

b. refractory

c. relaxation

d. threshold

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ANSWER

Head Muscles:

$400 Answer

The period of time in which a muscle

will not respond to a stimulus is the

____ period.

a. latent

b. refractory

c. relaxation

d. threshold

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Head Muscles:

$500 Question

Compared to skeletal muscle, smooth muscle

a. contracts more slowly, and relaxes more slowly

b. contracts more slowly and relaxes more rapidly

c. contracts more rapidly, and relaxes more slowly

d. contracts more rapidly and relaxes more rapidly

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ANSWER

Head Muscles:

$500 Answer

Compared to skeletal muscle, smooth muscle

a. contracts more slowly, and relaxes more

slowly

b. contracts more slowly and relaxes more

rapidly

c. contracts more rapidly, and relaxes more

slowly

d. contracts more rapidly and relaxes more

rapidly BACK TO GAME

Trunk Muscles:

$100 Question

The degeneration of muscle fibers

caused by lack of proper stimulation

and usage is

a. hypertrophy

b. dystrophy

c. atrophy

d. tetany

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ANSWER

Trunk Muscles:

$100 Answer

The degeneration of muscle fibers

caused by lack of proper stimulation

and usage is

a. hypertrophy

b. dystrophy

c. atrophy

d. tetany

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Trunk Muscles:

$200 Question

Which of the following is not a

characteristic of the motor end plate?

a. many nuclei

b. synaptic vesicles

c. many mitochondria

d. extensive folding of the sarcolemma

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ANSWER

Trunk Muscles:

$200 Answer

Which of the following is not a

characteristic of the motor end plate?

a. many nuclei

b. synaptic vesicles

c. many mitochondria

d. extensive folding of the sarcolemma

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Trunk Muscles:

$300 Question

What happens after a nervous impulse

travels from a neuron to a muscle cell?

a. the impulse travels over the sarcolemma in

all directions

b. calcium is released from the sarcolemma

c. linkage forms between the actin and

myosin

d. acetylcholine is decomposed by

acetylcholinesterase

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Trunk Muscles:

$300 Answer

What happens after a nervous impulse travels

from a neuron to a muscle cell?

a. the impulse travels over the sarcolemma in

all directions

b. calcium is released from the sarcolemma

c. linkage forms between the actin and myosin

d. acetylcholine is decomposed by

acetylcholinesterase

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Trunk Muscles:

$400 Question

The six pack seen on a body builder’s

abdomen is caused by the tendinous

intersections in this muscle:

a. external abdominal oblique

b. internal abdominal oblique

c. linea alba

d. rectus abdominis

e. transversus abdominis

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ANSWER

Trunk Muscles:

$400 Answer

The six pack seen on a body builder’s

abdomen is caused by the tendinous

intersections in this muscle:

a. external abdominal oblique

b. internal abdominal oblique

c. linea alba

d. rectus abdominis

e. transversus abdominis

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Trunk Muscles:

$500 Question

What process happens to a person’s

muscles when they die? (it is often used

to help determine a time of death in CSI)

a. tetanus

b. twitch

c. atrophy

d. rigor mortis

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ANSWER

Trunk Muscles:

$500 Answer

What process happens to a person’s

muscles when they die? (it is often used

to help determine a time of death in CSI)

a. tetanus

b. twitch

c. atrophy

d. rigor mortis

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Upper Limb Muscles:

$100 Question

Why can cardiac muscle fibers contract for

longer periods than skeletal muscle?

a. they are self excitatory

b. they have extra calcium

c. their T tubes are better developed

d. they are uninucleated not mulitnucleated

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ANSWER

Upper Limb Muscles:

$100 Answer

Why can cardiac muscle fibers contract

for longer periods than skeletal

muscle?

a. they are self excitatory

b. they have extra calcium

c. their T tubes are better developed

d. they are uninucleated not

mulitnucleated

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Upper Limb Muscles:

$200 Question

Which of the following is true when a

sarcomere shortens?

a. H zones disappear

b. A bands disappear

c. Z lines disappear

d. H zones get longer

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ANSWER

Upper Limb Muscles:

$200 Answer

Which of the following is true when a

sarcomere shortens?

a. H zones disappear

b. A bands disappear

c. Z lines disappear

d. H zones get longer

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Upper Limb Muscles:

$300 Question

Skeletal muscles are composed of

skeletal muscle tissue and

a. visceral muscle, nerves and blood

b. connective and epithelial tissues

c. blood nerves and epithelial tissue

d. connective tissue, nerves and blood

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ANSWER

Upper Limb Muscles:

$300 Answer

Skeletal muscles are composed of

skeletal muscle tissue and

a. visceral muscle, nerves and blood

b. connective and epithelial tissues

c. blood nerves and epithelial tissue

d. connective tissue, nerves and blood

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Upper Limb Muscles:

$400 Question

Skeletal muscle makes up _____% of

the average body weight.

a. 70

b. 20

c. 90

d. 40

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ANSWER

Upper Limb Muscles:

$400 Answer

Skeletal muscle makes up _____% of

the average body weight.

a. 70

b. 20

c. 90

d. 40

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Upper Limb Muscles:

$500 Question

Smooth muscles have rhythmicity and can

stimulate each other; this allows them to

contract in a wave like pattern called

a. syncytium

b. peristalsis

c. tetany

d. tonus

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ANSWER

Upper Limb Muscles:

$500 Answer

Smooth muscles have rhythmicity and can

stimulate each other; this allows them to

contract in a wave like pattern called

a. syncytium

b. peristalsis

c. tetany

d. tonus

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Lower Limb Muscles:

$100 Question

The medial group of thigh muscles is

involved primarily in this movement:

a. abduction of the thigh

b. adduction of the thigh

c. extension of the thigh

d. flexion of the thigh

e. flexion of the leg

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ANSWER

Lower Limb Muscles:

$100 Answer

The medial group of thigh muscles is

involved primarily in this movement:

a. abduction of the thigh

b. adduction of the thigh

c. extension of the thigh

d. flexion of the thigh

e. flexion of the leg

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Lower Limb Muscles:

$200 Question

This muscle flexes the thigh and extends

the knee:

a. vastus medialis

b. vastus lateralis

c. rectus femoris

d. biceps femoris

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ANSWER

Lower Limb Muscles:

$200 Answer

This muscle flexes the thigh and extends

the knee:

a. vastus medialis

b. vastus lateralis

c. rectus femoris

d. biceps femoris

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Lower Limb Muscles:

$300 Question

Anterior leg muscles produce this movement:

a. dorsiflex the foot

b. flex the leg

c. plantarflex the foot

d. extend the leg

e. flex the toes

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ANSWER

Lower Limb Muscles:

$300 Answer

Anterior leg muscles produce this

movement:

a. dorsiflex the foot

b. flex the leg

c. plantarflex the foot

d. extend the leg

e. flex the toes

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Lower Limb Muscles:

$400 Question

A single contraction of a muscle is

called a

a. threshold

b. recruitment

c. twitch

d. myogram

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ANSWER

Lower Limb Muscles:

$400 Answer

A single contraction of a muscle is

called a

a. threshold

b. recruitment

c. twitch

d. myogram

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Lower Limb Muscles:

$500 Question

Creatine phosphate serves to

a. supply energy for the synthesis of ATP

b. supply energy for the change of ATP to AMP

c. cause the decomposition of ATP

d. cause the decomposition of ADP

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ANSWER

Lower Limb Muscles:

$500 Answer

Creatine phosphate serves to

a. supply energy for the synthesis of ATP

b. supply energy for the change of ATP to AMP

c. cause the decomposition of ATP

d. cause the decomposition of ADP

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FINAL ROUND Question

Which of these statements is correct

regarding muscle contractions?

a. all motor units act together

b. muscle contraction continues for long

periods after stimulation ceases

c. the cross bridges bind to the actin to shorten

the sarcomere

d. dystrophin is not needed to strengthen the

contracting muscle cell. BACK TO GAME

ANSWER

FINAL ROUND Answer

Which of these statements is correct

regarding muscle contractions?

a. all motor units act together

b. muscle contraction continues for long

periods after stimulation ceases

c. the cross bridges bind to the actin to

shorten the sarcomere

d. dystrophin is not needed to strengthen the

contracting muscle cell. BACK TO GAME