Exam 16: Appendicular Muscles

The respiratory, digestive, circulatory, excretory, and endocrine systems all contribute to the ability of muscles to maintain posture.

Intrinsic foot muscles are responsible for movement of the ankle and foot.

Muscles maintain posture by the property of tonicity.

The soleus muscle is responsible for plantar flexion.

The posterior arm muscle that extends the forearm is the:

The muscle that raises or lowers the shoulders or shrugs them is the:

With aging, connective tissue replaces some muscle fibers, causing decreased muscle strength.

When an athlete injures a muscle of the hamstring group, the injury is on the:

Extrinsic muscles of the hand originate in the wrist.

The action of the brachialis muscle is to _____ the forearm.

In pushing (pressing) a weight from shoulder height to above the head, which of the following muscles is least utilized?

Muscles that move the forearm are found proximal to the elbow.

Muscles that move the thigh and lower leg can be divided into two groups, muscles that come from the hips and those that come from the gluteal muscles.

The maintenance of body posture depends only on skeletal muscles and bones.

Which of the following is not a muscle that moves the foot?

What is tenosynovitis, and how is it caused?

Both the pectoralis minor and the serratus anterior help hold or "fix" the scapula in place.

Muscles that move the upper arm originate on the:

Which of the following muscles does not move the upper arm?

All of the following muscles are part of the rotator cuff muscles except the: