naming muscles

Question 1

flexion

Answer 1

reduction of an angle

Question 2

extension

Answer 2

increase of an angle

Question 3

adduction

Answer 3

toward midsaggittal

Question 4

abduction

Answer 4

away from midsaggittal

Question 5

supination

Answer 5

anterior upward

Question 6

pronation

Answer 6

anterior downward

Question 7

rotation

Answer 7

circular on own axis

Question 8

circumduction

Answer 8

circular off action

Question 9

direction of muscle fibers

Answer 9

rectus, oblique

Question 10

muscle size

Answer 10

brevis, longus, vastus, major, minor, maximus, minimus

Question 11

location in the body

Answer 11

abdominis, palmaris, brachii, femoris, pillicis

Question 12

shape of the muscle

Answer 12

deltoid, serratus, trapezius, orbicularis

Question 13

type of action

Answer 13

flexor, extenor, adductor, pronator

Question 14

location of muscle attachment

Answer 14

temporalis, frontalis

Question 15

location of muscle’s origin and insertion in bones

Answer 15

sternocleidomastoid…

Question 16

relation of muscle to bone

Answer 16

supra, infra, entrenar, infernal, superior, inferior

Question 17

number of origins

Answer 17

biceps, triceps, quadriceps