ANATOMY IUPUI FINAL EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Sternocleidomastoid - ✔✔Contraction of one side: laterally flexes neck, rotates head
to opposite side; Contraction of both sides together: flexes neck
✔✔Sternocleidomastoid - ✔✔
✔✔iliocostalis, longissimus, spinalis - ✔✔order of erector spinae group that extend neck
✔✔scalenes - ✔✔
✔✔external intercostals - ✔✔elevates ribs
✔✔external intercostals - ✔✔
✔✔internal intercostals - ✔✔depress ribs
✔✔internal intercostals - ✔✔
✔✔linea alba - ✔✔The "white line:" the tendinous median line on the ventral abdominal
wall between the two rectus muscles
✔✔tendinous inscriptions - ✔✔The Rectus abdominis is crossed by fibrous bands, three
in number, which are named the
✔✔external oblique - ✔✔Compresses abdomen; laterally flexes and rotates vertebral
column to opposite sides
✔✔external oblique - ✔✔
✔✔internal oblique - ✔✔flexes and rotates vertebral column to same side
✔✔internal oblique - ✔✔
✔✔transverse abdominis - ✔✔compresses abdominal contents
✔✔rectus abdominis - ✔✔depresses ribs, flexes vertebral column, compresses
abdomen
✔✔levator scapulae - ✔✔elevates scapula
✔✔levator scapulae - ✔✔
, ✔✔pectoralis minor - ✔✔protracts and depresses shoulder, rotates scapula, elevates
ribs if scapula is stationary
✔✔pectoralis minor - ✔✔
✔✔rhomboid major - ✔✔adducts scapula
✔✔rhomboid major - ✔✔
✔✔rhomboid minor - ✔✔
✔✔serratus anterior - ✔✔protracts shoulder, abducts, rotates scapula
✔✔subclavius - ✔✔depresses and protracts shoulder
✔✔trapezius - ✔✔Elevates, depresses, retracts, and rotates the scapula; rotates the
arm, can also extend neck
✔✔Coracobrachialis - ✔✔flexes and adducts arm
✔✔deltoid - ✔✔abducts arm, flexion and medial rotation of humerus
✔✔Supraspinatus - ✔✔abduction of shoulder
✔✔Infraspinatus - ✔✔lateral rotation at shoulder
✔✔subscapularis - ✔✔medially rotates arm
✔✔teres major - ✔✔extends, adducts, and medially rotates arm
✔✔teres minor - ✔✔rotates arm laterally
✔✔teres minor, supraspinatus, infraspinatus, subscapularis - ✔✔what are the rotator
cuff muscles
✔✔latissimus dorsi - ✔✔Extends, adducts, and medially rotates the arm; draws the
shoulder downward and backward
✔✔pectoralis major - ✔✔flexion, adduction, and medial rotation of humerus
✔✔biceps brachii - ✔✔Flexes and supinates elbow
✔✔brachialis - ✔✔flexes elbow
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Sternocleidomastoid - ✔✔Contraction of one side: laterally flexes neck, rotates head
to opposite side; Contraction of both sides together: flexes neck
✔✔Sternocleidomastoid - ✔✔
✔✔iliocostalis, longissimus, spinalis - ✔✔order of erector spinae group that extend neck
✔✔scalenes - ✔✔
✔✔external intercostals - ✔✔elevates ribs
✔✔external intercostals - ✔✔
✔✔internal intercostals - ✔✔depress ribs
✔✔internal intercostals - ✔✔
✔✔linea alba - ✔✔The "white line:" the tendinous median line on the ventral abdominal
wall between the two rectus muscles
✔✔tendinous inscriptions - ✔✔The Rectus abdominis is crossed by fibrous bands, three
in number, which are named the
✔✔external oblique - ✔✔Compresses abdomen; laterally flexes and rotates vertebral
column to opposite sides
✔✔external oblique - ✔✔
✔✔internal oblique - ✔✔flexes and rotates vertebral column to same side
✔✔internal oblique - ✔✔
✔✔transverse abdominis - ✔✔compresses abdominal contents
✔✔rectus abdominis - ✔✔depresses ribs, flexes vertebral column, compresses
abdomen
✔✔levator scapulae - ✔✔elevates scapula
✔✔levator scapulae - ✔✔
, ✔✔pectoralis minor - ✔✔protracts and depresses shoulder, rotates scapula, elevates
ribs if scapula is stationary
✔✔pectoralis minor - ✔✔
✔✔rhomboid major - ✔✔adducts scapula
✔✔rhomboid major - ✔✔
✔✔rhomboid minor - ✔✔
✔✔serratus anterior - ✔✔protracts shoulder, abducts, rotates scapula
✔✔subclavius - ✔✔depresses and protracts shoulder
✔✔trapezius - ✔✔Elevates, depresses, retracts, and rotates the scapula; rotates the
arm, can also extend neck
✔✔Coracobrachialis - ✔✔flexes and adducts arm
✔✔deltoid - ✔✔abducts arm, flexion and medial rotation of humerus
✔✔Supraspinatus - ✔✔abduction of shoulder
✔✔Infraspinatus - ✔✔lateral rotation at shoulder
✔✔subscapularis - ✔✔medially rotates arm
✔✔teres major - ✔✔extends, adducts, and medially rotates arm
✔✔teres minor - ✔✔rotates arm laterally
✔✔teres minor, supraspinatus, infraspinatus, subscapularis - ✔✔what are the rotator
cuff muscles
✔✔latissimus dorsi - ✔✔Extends, adducts, and medially rotates the arm; draws the
shoulder downward and backward
✔✔pectoralis major - ✔✔flexion, adduction, and medial rotation of humerus
✔✔biceps brachii - ✔✔Flexes and supinates elbow
✔✔brachialis - ✔✔flexes elbow
