Functional Anatomy - Kristina

What functional group of muscles perform quick and strong movement?

The atlanto-axis joint is an example of what type of joint?

What tissue is designed to increase the available surface area of an articular region?

Which is a plane of movement that divides the body into upper and lower parts?

What is the term for a muscle that assists the agonist in the production of the main action?

Anatomically speaking, the term proximal provides what directional information?

All of the following muscles have an action at the wrist except?

The end of the femur contains what type of cartilage?

What are the 3 kinds of arthrokinematic motions that occur at the synovial joint?

Which of the following is an action of the brachioradialis?

Which of the following is a uniaxial joint?

What plane divides the body into front and back portions?

Which of the following muscles has the most important function as a downward rotator of the scapula?

Which is the section of the skeleton that includes the vertebral column and the ribs?

What muscle fiber type is the biggest and most powerful?

Which of the following muscles do not attach to the humerus?

Kicking a soccer ball is an example of what type of kinetic chain?

Fascia sheet that bind and stabilize tendons are known as?

What is the term for how mechanical principles relate to living structures?

What is known as synovial fill fluid membrane that reduces friction between bone and connective tissue?

What muscle shape is similar to the design of a bird’s feather?

What type of tissue is a meniscus?

Which of the following is an action of the brachialis muscle?

Which of the following muscles is not supplied by the median nerve?

A suture is what classification of joint?

The most freely moveable type of joint is the:

What muscle fyber type fatigues slowly and is designed for endurance?

Which joint is formed when the humerus and scapula meet?

What group of muscles are designed to perform for longer periods of time in a semi-contracted state?

What is the term for the study of movement:

The capacity to respond to stimuli:

A muscle's ability to develop tension when stimulated:

The capacity of muscle tissue to stretch without being damaged:

A muscle's tendency to return to its original length after being stretched:

What is a muscle contraction where the muscle changes length, shortening (toward the middle):

What is a muscle contraction where the muscle changes length, elongating (away from the middle):

What is a muscle contraction that involves changes in length of a muscle, either shortening or elongating:

What is a muscle contraction where the muscle does not change:

Defined as the ability to be pulled in two different directions without damage:

Defined as the capacity to be altered and retain that new configuration:

Movement that could occur at a joint, but is not reliant on voluntary control is:

What is the most basic contractile unit of a muscle?

Athropy of the thenar eminence will indicate injury to what nerve?

What is the most freely movable type of joint?

While palpating a patient’s wrist and hand, you notice tenderness on a line between the radial tubercle and the base of the third metacarpal, which bones are probably affected?

What is a common complication of a proximal humerus fracture, for example at the radial groove?

Which of the following muscles are most important for crutch walking?

Which of the following muscles are important for stabilizer of the scapula?

A muscle’s length will determine it?

How is a superficial structure situated in the body?