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BIOL 235 MIDTERM 2 QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 2026
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
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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
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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
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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
BIOL 235 MIDTERM 2 QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 2026
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
,2|Page
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
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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
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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
