BIO 201: Chapter 10: The Muscular System
1. diaphragm: The prime mover of inspiration is the
2. biceps brachii: The arm muscle that both flexes the elbow and supinates theforearm
is the
3. rhomboids: Several muscles act to move and/or stabilize the scapula. Which ofthe
following are small rectangular muscles that square the shoulders as they act together to
retract the scapula?
4. iliopsoas: What is the prime mover of hip flexion?
5. gluteus maximus: What is the prime mover of hip extension against resistance?
6. relative size
muscle location: What criterion are used in naming the gluteus medius?
7. serratus anterior: Which of the following is a large, deep muscle that protractsthe
scapula during punching?
8. 1. Location
2. Shape of the Muscles
3. Relative Size
4. Direction of Fibers
5. Location of Origin and / or Insertion
6. Action: Naming of Skeletal Muscles May Include
9. Elevates mandible when chewing and slightly protracts it: Masseter
10. Flexes vertibral column, runs down medial stomach: Rectus abdominis
11. muscle extending from the temporal fossa to the coronoid process of the
mandible: Temporalis
12. Adducts and medially rotates the arm; flexes and extends humerus: Pec-toralis
Major
13. a muscle that flexes and supinates the forearm: Biceps Brachii
14. the skeletal muscle having three origins that extends the forearm when it
contracts: Triceps Brachii
15. heaviest muscle in body, extends/straightens leg at hip during walking: -
Gluteus Maximus
16. hip flexor, deep in pelvis; a composite of two muscles: iliopsoas
17. one of two thick muscles running from the sternum and clavicle to themastoid
and occipital bone: Sternocleidomastoid
18. Flexes leg at the knee and extends thigh at the hip; belongs to the ham-string
group: Semitendinosus
1. diaphragm: The prime mover of inspiration is the
2. biceps brachii: The arm muscle that both flexes the elbow and supinates theforearm
is the
3. rhomboids: Several muscles act to move and/or stabilize the scapula. Which ofthe
following are small rectangular muscles that square the shoulders as they act together to
retract the scapula?
4. iliopsoas: What is the prime mover of hip flexion?
5. gluteus maximus: What is the prime mover of hip extension against resistance?
6. relative size
muscle location: What criterion are used in naming the gluteus medius?
7. serratus anterior: Which of the following is a large, deep muscle that protractsthe
scapula during punching?
8. 1. Location
2. Shape of the Muscles
3. Relative Size
4. Direction of Fibers
5. Location of Origin and / or Insertion
6. Action: Naming of Skeletal Muscles May Include
9. Elevates mandible when chewing and slightly protracts it: Masseter
10. Flexes vertibral column, runs down medial stomach: Rectus abdominis
11. muscle extending from the temporal fossa to the coronoid process of the
mandible: Temporalis
12. Adducts and medially rotates the arm; flexes and extends humerus: Pec-toralis
Major
13. a muscle that flexes and supinates the forearm: Biceps Brachii
14. the skeletal muscle having three origins that extends the forearm when it
contracts: Triceps Brachii
15. heaviest muscle in body, extends/straightens leg at hip during walking: -
Gluteus Maximus
16. hip flexor, deep in pelvis; a composite of two muscles: iliopsoas
17. one of two thick muscles running from the sternum and clavicle to themastoid
and occipital bone: Sternocleidomastoid
18. Flexes leg at the knee and extends thigh at the hip; belongs to the ham-string
group: Semitendinosus
