ANATOMY IUPUI COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2026
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔flexor carpi ulnaris - ✔✔Flexes and adducts wrist
✔✔palmaris longus - ✔✔flexion of wrist
✔✔flexor carpi radialis, flexor carpi ulnaris, palmaris longus - ✔✔what are the flexors of
the wrist
✔✔extensor carpi radialis longus - ✔✔extends and abducts wrist
✔✔abductor pollicis longus - ✔✔abducts and extends thumb and wrist
✔✔extensor digitorum - ✔✔Extends fingers and the wrist
✔✔extensor pollicis longus - ✔✔extends thumb, abducts wrist
✔✔flexor digitorum superficialis - ✔✔flexes wrist and middle phalanges of fingers 2-5
✔✔flexor digitorum profundus - ✔✔flexes distal interphalangeal joints
✔✔gluteus medius - ✔✔where are shots usually given
✔✔gluteus medius - ✔✔abducts and medially rotates thigh
✔✔gluteus minimus - ✔✔abducts and medially rotates thigh
✔✔tensor fasciae latae - ✔✔Abducts, flexes, and rotates the thigh medially
✔✔piriformis - ✔✔sciatic nerve runs from inferior border, lateral rotation and abduction
of hip, help to maintain stability
✔✔Obturators (externus and internus) - ✔✔lateral rotation of hip
✔✔adductor longus - ✔✔adducts, flexes, and medially rotates thigh
✔✔pectineus - ✔✔adducts, flexes, and medially rotates thigh
✔✔gracilis - ✔✔adducts thigh, flexes and medially rotates leg
✔✔iliacus - ✔✔Flexes thigh on hip
, ✔✔psoas major - ✔✔tenderloin, flexes thigh on hip
✔✔biceps femoris, semimembranosus, semitendinosus - ✔✔What muscles make up
the hamstrings?
✔✔biceps femoris - ✔✔flexion at knee, extension and lateral rotation at hip
✔✔Semimembranosus - ✔✔flexion at knee, extension and medial rotation at hip
✔✔semitendinosus - ✔✔Flexes leg at the knee and extends thigh at the hip; belongs to
the hamstring group
✔✔Sartorius - ✔✔Flexes, abducts, and laterally rotates thigh at the hip; flexes knee
✔✔Popliteus - ✔✔medial rotation of tibia, flexion at knee
✔✔ muscle fiber - ✔✔muscle cell
✔✔epimysium - ✔✔surrounds entire muscle
✔✔Perimysium - ✔✔Connective tissue surrounding a fascicle
✔✔Endomysium - ✔✔Connective tissue surrounding a muscle fiber
✔✔epimysium - ✔✔
✔✔Perimysium - ✔✔
✔✔Endomysium - ✔✔
✔✔sarcolemma - ✔✔plasma membrane of a muscle cell
✔✔sarcoplasmic reticulum - ✔✔Organelle of the muscle fiber that stores calcium.
✔✔voluntary, striated - ✔✔skeletal muscle
✔✔striated, involuntary - ✔✔cardiac muscle
✔✔involuntary, non-striated - ✔✔smooth muscle
✔✔sarcomere - ✔✔Contractile unit of muscle
✔✔sarcomere - ✔✔Z disc to Z disc
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔flexor carpi ulnaris - ✔✔Flexes and adducts wrist
✔✔palmaris longus - ✔✔flexion of wrist
✔✔flexor carpi radialis, flexor carpi ulnaris, palmaris longus - ✔✔what are the flexors of
the wrist
✔✔extensor carpi radialis longus - ✔✔extends and abducts wrist
✔✔abductor pollicis longus - ✔✔abducts and extends thumb and wrist
✔✔extensor digitorum - ✔✔Extends fingers and the wrist
✔✔extensor pollicis longus - ✔✔extends thumb, abducts wrist
✔✔flexor digitorum superficialis - ✔✔flexes wrist and middle phalanges of fingers 2-5
✔✔flexor digitorum profundus - ✔✔flexes distal interphalangeal joints
✔✔gluteus medius - ✔✔where are shots usually given
✔✔gluteus medius - ✔✔abducts and medially rotates thigh
✔✔gluteus minimus - ✔✔abducts and medially rotates thigh
✔✔tensor fasciae latae - ✔✔Abducts, flexes, and rotates the thigh medially
✔✔piriformis - ✔✔sciatic nerve runs from inferior border, lateral rotation and abduction
of hip, help to maintain stability
✔✔Obturators (externus and internus) - ✔✔lateral rotation of hip
✔✔adductor longus - ✔✔adducts, flexes, and medially rotates thigh
✔✔pectineus - ✔✔adducts, flexes, and medially rotates thigh
✔✔gracilis - ✔✔adducts thigh, flexes and medially rotates leg
✔✔iliacus - ✔✔Flexes thigh on hip
, ✔✔psoas major - ✔✔tenderloin, flexes thigh on hip
✔✔biceps femoris, semimembranosus, semitendinosus - ✔✔What muscles make up
the hamstrings?
✔✔biceps femoris - ✔✔flexion at knee, extension and lateral rotation at hip
✔✔Semimembranosus - ✔✔flexion at knee, extension and medial rotation at hip
✔✔semitendinosus - ✔✔Flexes leg at the knee and extends thigh at the hip; belongs to
the hamstring group
✔✔Sartorius - ✔✔Flexes, abducts, and laterally rotates thigh at the hip; flexes knee
✔✔Popliteus - ✔✔medial rotation of tibia, flexion at knee
✔✔ muscle fiber - ✔✔muscle cell
✔✔epimysium - ✔✔surrounds entire muscle
✔✔Perimysium - ✔✔Connective tissue surrounding a fascicle
✔✔Endomysium - ✔✔Connective tissue surrounding a muscle fiber
✔✔epimysium - ✔✔
✔✔Perimysium - ✔✔
✔✔Endomysium - ✔✔
✔✔sarcolemma - ✔✔plasma membrane of a muscle cell
✔✔sarcoplasmic reticulum - ✔✔Organelle of the muscle fiber that stores calcium.
✔✔voluntary, striated - ✔✔skeletal muscle
✔✔striated, involuntary - ✔✔cardiac muscle
✔✔involuntary, non-striated - ✔✔smooth muscle
✔✔sarcomere - ✔✔Contractile unit of muscle
✔✔sarcomere - ✔✔Z disc to Z disc
