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BIOL 235 MIDTERM 2 | ACTUAL QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS 2025
between the origin and insertion which is usually located proximally in limbs ? -
correct-answer-Origin
What happens during REVERSE MUSCLE ACTION? - correct-answer-specific
movements of the body the actions are reversed THEREFOR the positions of the
origin and insertion of a muscle are switched
What is a mechanical advantage using the example of a lever? - correct-answer-if
the load is closer to the fulcrum and the effort is farther from the fulcrum only a
small about of effort is needed to move the load
Bones serve as levers and joints serve as ________ for the lever - correct-answer-
fulcrum
Agonist (Prime Movers) _________ muscles while antagonist ____________
muscles - correct-answer-contract, relax
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What are muscles that contract and stabilize the intermediate joints called? -
correct-answer-synergists
What is a group of skeletal muscles, their blood vessels, and nerves called? -
correct-answer-Compartment
Origin an insertion of the masseter - correct-answer-Origin = maxilla and
zygomatic arch
Insertion = angle and ramus of the mandible
What is the origin of the deltoid ? - correct-answer-acromial extremity of clavicle,
acromion, and spine of scapula
What are the 3 muscles that make up the hamstring ? - correct-answer-
semimebranosous, semitendinosus, biceps femoris
What 4 muscles make up the Quads ? - correct-answer-rectus femoris, vastus
lateralis, vastus medialis, vastus intermedialis
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What do you call a small mass of nervous tissue that is made up primarily of
neuron cell bodies? - correct-answer-Ganglia
The somatic nervous system only sends impulses to ________ muscles - correct-
answer-skeletal
Fight or Flight is associated with which division of the autonomic nervous system?
- correct-answer-Sympathetic
What is the ability to respond to a stimulus and convert it into an action potential?
- correct-answer-electrical excitability
What type of neurons usually have several dendrite and on axon , and are norm
ally found in brain and spinal cord as well as motor neurons? - correct-answer-
Multipolar
What type of neurons have one main dendrite and one axon as well as are
primarily found in the retina of the eye, inner ear, and the olfactory area of brain?
- correct-answer-Bipolar
BIOL 235 MIDTERM 2 | ACTUAL QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS 2025
between the origin and insertion which is usually located proximally in limbs ? -
correct-answer-Origin
What happens during REVERSE MUSCLE ACTION? - correct-answer-specific
movements of the body the actions are reversed THEREFOR the positions of the
origin and insertion of a muscle are switched
What is a mechanical advantage using the example of a lever? - correct-answer-if
the load is closer to the fulcrum and the effort is farther from the fulcrum only a
small about of effort is needed to move the load
Bones serve as levers and joints serve as ________ for the lever - correct-answer-
fulcrum
Agonist (Prime Movers) _________ muscles while antagonist ____________
muscles - correct-answer-contract, relax
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What are muscles that contract and stabilize the intermediate joints called? -
correct-answer-synergists
What is a group of skeletal muscles, their blood vessels, and nerves called? -
correct-answer-Compartment
Origin an insertion of the masseter - correct-answer-Origin = maxilla and
zygomatic arch
Insertion = angle and ramus of the mandible
What is the origin of the deltoid ? - correct-answer-acromial extremity of clavicle,
acromion, and spine of scapula
What are the 3 muscles that make up the hamstring ? - correct-answer-
semimebranosous, semitendinosus, biceps femoris
What 4 muscles make up the Quads ? - correct-answer-rectus femoris, vastus
lateralis, vastus medialis, vastus intermedialis
, 3|Page
What do you call a small mass of nervous tissue that is made up primarily of
neuron cell bodies? - correct-answer-Ganglia
The somatic nervous system only sends impulses to ________ muscles - correct-
answer-skeletal
Fight or Flight is associated with which division of the autonomic nervous system?
- correct-answer-Sympathetic
What is the ability to respond to a stimulus and convert it into an action potential?
- correct-answer-electrical excitability
What type of neurons usually have several dendrite and on axon , and are norm
ally found in brain and spinal cord as well as motor neurons? - correct-answer-
Multipolar
What type of neurons have one main dendrite and one axon as well as are
primarily found in the retina of the eye, inner ear, and the olfactory area of brain?
- correct-answer-Bipolar
