Muscle Functions 2/2

Question 1

Which muscles help with crossing the legs?

Answer 1

Sartorius Muscle

Question 2

Which muscles help extend the big toe?

Answer 2

Extensor Hallucis Longus Muscle

Question 3

Which muscles help flex the big toe?

Answer 3

Flexor Hallucis Longus Muscle

Question 4

Which muscles help unlock the extended knee joint?

Answer 4

Popliteus Muscle

Question 5

Which muscles help to close and squint the eye?

Answer 5

Orbicularis Oculi Muscle

Question 6

Which muscles help to raise eyebrows and wrinkle the skin of the forehead?

Answer 6

Frontalis Muscle

Question 7

Which muscles help to draw eyebrows together and wrinkle skin of forehead?

Answer 7

Corrugator Supercilii Muscle

Question 8

Which muscles help to raise the corners of the mouth to smile?

Answer 8

Zygomaticus major and minor muscles

Question 9

Which muscles help to draw corners of the mouth when grimacing?

Answer 9

Risorius Muscle

Question 10

Which muscles help to elevate the upper lip?

Answer 10

Levator Labii Superioris Muscle

Question 11

Which muscles help to depress the lower lip?

Answer 11

Depressor Labii Inferioris Muscle

Question 12

Which muscles help to depress the corners of the lower lip to frown?

Answer 12

Depressor Anguli Oris Muscle

Question 13

Which muscles help to close and protrude lips?

Answer 13

Orbicularis Oris Muscle

Question 14

Which muscles help to wrinkle the chin as when pouting?

Answer 14

Mentalis Muscles

Question 15

Which muscles help to protrude and protract (stick out and move up) the tongue?

Answer 15

Genioglossus Muscle

Question 16

Which muscles help to retract and elevate the tongue?

Answer 16

Styloglossus Muscle

Question 17

Which muscles help to form the floor of the mouth?

Answer 17

Mylohyoid Muscle

Question 18

Which muscles help to move the cheek as in whistling?

Answer 18

Buccinator Muscle

Question 19

Which muscles help to extend the little finger?

Answer 19

Extensor Digiti Minimi Muscle

Question 20

Which skeletal muscles help evert the foot?

Answer 20

Fibularis (Peroneus) Longus

Fibularis (Peroneus) Brevis

Question 21

Which skeletal muscles help elevate the scapula (shoulder blade)?

Answer 21

Trapezius

Levator Scapulae

Question 22

Which skeletal muscles help flex the wrist?

Answer 22

Flexor Carpi Ulnaris
Flexor Carpi Radialis and
Palmaris Longus

Question 23

Which skeletal muscles help extend the wrist?

Answer 23

Extensor Carpi Ulnaris

Extensor Carpi Radialis Longus and Brevis

Question 24

Which skeletal muscles help flex the fingers?

Answer 24

Flexor Digitorum Profundus

Flexor Digitorum Superficialis

Question 25

Which skeletal muscles help extend the fingers?

Answer 25

Extensor Digitorum

Question 26

Which skeletal muscles help flex the toes?

Answer 26

Flexor Digitorum Longus

Flexor Digitorum Brevis

Question 27

Which skeletal muscles help abduct the femur?

Answer 27

Gluteus Medius
Gluteus Minimus
Gluteus Maximus

Question 28

Which skeletal muscles help adduct the femur?

Answer 28

1. Gracilis
2. Adductor Magnus
3. Adductor Brevis
4. Adductor Longus
5. Pectineus

Question 29

Which skeletal muscles are the lateral rotators of the femur?

Answer 29

Piriformis
Obturator Externus
Obturator Internus
Gemellus Superior
Gemellus Inferior
Quadratus Femoris