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kinesiology final Questions with Answers
(100% Correct Answers)
Sliding laterally off the lateral border of the scapula, you can feel the tube-
shaped belly of which muscle? Answer: teres minor
The teres minor muscle is innervated by the axillary nerve arising from C5 and
C6 Answer: True
Which is the origin of the teres minor? Answer: upper two-thirds of lateral
border of the scapula
The shoulder joint agonists that are associated with diagonal adduction are the
posterior deltoid, the infraspinatus, and the teres minor muscles. Answer: False
Which of the following is an action of the teres minor? Answer: laterally rotate
the shoulder
To best locate the infraspinatus and teres minor tendons with your partner in a
supine position, how would you position your partner's arm? Answer: flex the
shoulder to 90o, then horizontally adduct and laterally rotate slightly
An action common to the teres minor and the infraspinatus muscles is
________. Answer: external rotation
Which muscle is an antagonist to teres minor in rotation of the humerus?
Answer: teres major
To experience the antagonist capabilities of teres major and teres minor, ask
your partner to perform what actions (while in a prone position)? Answer:
medial and lateral rotation of the shoulder
Which muscle is a synergist with teres minor in lateral rotation of the shoulder?
Answer: infraspinatus
Which is the insertion of the teres minor? Answer: greater tubercle of humerus
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Which of the following muscles works effectively with the latissimus dorsi and
is said to be the latissimus dorsi's "little helper"? Answer: The teres major
muscle
Which of the following is not considered to be a muscle in the rotator cuff
group? Answer: The teres major muscle
An action common to the latissimus dorsi, the teres major, and the lower
pectoralis major muscles is ________. Answer: adduction
Under what two muscles should you slide your thumb when accessing the
subscapularis from a sidelying position? Answer: teres major and latissimus
dorsi
An action common to the latissimus dorsi, the teres major, the subscapularis,
and the pectoralis major muscles is ________. Answer: internal rotation
An action common to the latissimus dorsi, teres major, and lower pectoralis
major is ________. Answer: extension
The deltoid muscle is innervated by the axillary nerve arising from C5 and C6.
Answer: True
The deltoid anterior fibers are responsible for the internal rotation and the
deltoid posterior fibers are responsible for the external rotation of the
glenohumeral joint. Answer: True
If you follow the fibers of the infraspinatus laterally, they converge underneath
which muscle? Answer: deltoid
Which of the following is an action of the middle fibers of the deltoid muscles?
Answer: Abduction and horizontal abduction
Which arm movement does not involve the Deltoid muscle in a primary or
synergist fashion? Answer: Bringing arms to my sides
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To access the supraspinatus tendon, you must sink your fingers deep in to
which muscle? Answer: deltoid
When throwing a ball, which muscle is responsible for bringing my arm
backwards before it swings forward? Answer: Deltoid
The shoulder joint agonists that perform flexion are the anterior deltoid, the
upper pectoralis major, and the coracobrachialis muscles. Answer: True
Which muscle can be palpated at the anterior border of the axillary space?
Answer: Pectoralis Major
The costal fibers of the Pectoralis Major will aid in a client with - Answer:
Throwing a bowling ball
Which of the following is not an action of the pectoralis major muscle?
Answer: Pronation
The shoulder girdle movements primarily involve all of the following muscles
except: Answer: the pectoralis major muscle.
Which muscle allows for movement within multiple anatomical planes?
Answer: Pectoralis Major
Which of the following is not an intrinsic glenohumeral muscle? Answer: The
pectoralis major muscle
The sternal head of the pectoralis major muscle is innervated by the lateral
pectoral nerve arising from C5, C6, and C7. Answer: False
The clavicular head of the pectoralis major muscle is innervated by the lateral
pectoral nerve arising from C5, C6, and C7. Answer: True
The pectoralis minor muscle can perform adduction, downward rotation, or
depression when activated. Answer: False
kinesiology final Questions with Answers
(100% Correct Answers)
Sliding laterally off the lateral border of the scapula, you can feel the tube-
shaped belly of which muscle? Answer: teres minor
The teres minor muscle is innervated by the axillary nerve arising from C5 and
C6 Answer: True
Which is the origin of the teres minor? Answer: upper two-thirds of lateral
border of the scapula
The shoulder joint agonists that are associated with diagonal adduction are the
posterior deltoid, the infraspinatus, and the teres minor muscles. Answer: False
Which of the following is an action of the teres minor? Answer: laterally rotate
the shoulder
To best locate the infraspinatus and teres minor tendons with your partner in a
supine position, how would you position your partner's arm? Answer: flex the
shoulder to 90o, then horizontally adduct and laterally rotate slightly
An action common to the teres minor and the infraspinatus muscles is
________. Answer: external rotation
Which muscle is an antagonist to teres minor in rotation of the humerus?
Answer: teres major
To experience the antagonist capabilities of teres major and teres minor, ask
your partner to perform what actions (while in a prone position)? Answer:
medial and lateral rotation of the shoulder
Which muscle is a synergist with teres minor in lateral rotation of the shoulder?
Answer: infraspinatus
Which is the insertion of the teres minor? Answer: greater tubercle of humerus
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Which of the following muscles works effectively with the latissimus dorsi and
is said to be the latissimus dorsi's "little helper"? Answer: The teres major
muscle
Which of the following is not considered to be a muscle in the rotator cuff
group? Answer: The teres major muscle
An action common to the latissimus dorsi, the teres major, and the lower
pectoralis major muscles is ________. Answer: adduction
Under what two muscles should you slide your thumb when accessing the
subscapularis from a sidelying position? Answer: teres major and latissimus
dorsi
An action common to the latissimus dorsi, the teres major, the subscapularis,
and the pectoralis major muscles is ________. Answer: internal rotation
An action common to the latissimus dorsi, teres major, and lower pectoralis
major is ________. Answer: extension
The deltoid muscle is innervated by the axillary nerve arising from C5 and C6.
Answer: True
The deltoid anterior fibers are responsible for the internal rotation and the
deltoid posterior fibers are responsible for the external rotation of the
glenohumeral joint. Answer: True
If you follow the fibers of the infraspinatus laterally, they converge underneath
which muscle? Answer: deltoid
Which of the following is an action of the middle fibers of the deltoid muscles?
Answer: Abduction and horizontal abduction
Which arm movement does not involve the Deltoid muscle in a primary or
synergist fashion? Answer: Bringing arms to my sides
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To access the supraspinatus tendon, you must sink your fingers deep in to
which muscle? Answer: deltoid
When throwing a ball, which muscle is responsible for bringing my arm
backwards before it swings forward? Answer: Deltoid
The shoulder joint agonists that perform flexion are the anterior deltoid, the
upper pectoralis major, and the coracobrachialis muscles. Answer: True
Which muscle can be palpated at the anterior border of the axillary space?
Answer: Pectoralis Major
The costal fibers of the Pectoralis Major will aid in a client with - Answer:
Throwing a bowling ball
Which of the following is not an action of the pectoralis major muscle?
Answer: Pronation
The shoulder girdle movements primarily involve all of the following muscles
except: Answer: the pectoralis major muscle.
Which muscle allows for movement within multiple anatomical planes?
Answer: Pectoralis Major
Which of the following is not an intrinsic glenohumeral muscle? Answer: The
pectoralis major muscle
The sternal head of the pectoralis major muscle is innervated by the lateral
pectoral nerve arising from C5, C6, and C7. Answer: False
The clavicular head of the pectoralis major muscle is innervated by the lateral
pectoral nerve arising from C5, C6, and C7. Answer: True
The pectoralis minor muscle can perform adduction, downward rotation, or
depression when activated. Answer: False
