BIO 235 MIDTERM EXAM ACTUAL EXAM 2026 | ALL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS | VERIFIED
ANSWERS | BRAND NEW VERSION!
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
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
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
What type of neurons has dendrites and one axon that are fused
together to form a continuous process that emerges from the cell
body? ------------Correct Answer--------------------Unipolar or
Pseudounipolar
The processes of ________ make contact with blood capillaries,
neurons, and the pia mater ------------Correct Answer--------------------
astrocytes
What neuroglia has these functions?
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS | VERIFIED
ANSWERS | BRAND NEW VERSION!
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
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
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
What type of neurons has dendrites and one axon that are fused
together to form a continuous process that emerges from the cell
body? ------------Correct Answer--------------------Unipolar or
Pseudounipolar
The processes of ________ make contact with blood capillaries,
neurons, and the pia mater ------------Correct Answer--------------------
astrocytes
What neuroglia has these functions?
