What functional group of muscles perform quick and strong movement?
Postural muscles
Phasic muscles
Type I fibers
Type II fibers
The atlanto-axis joint is an example of what type of joint?
Hinge
Pivot
Ellipsoid
Saddle
Ball and socket
What tissue is designed to increase the available surface area of an articular region?
bursae
fat pad
hyaline cartilage
labrum
meniscus
Which is a plane of movement that divides the body into upper and lower parts?
Frontal
Coronal
Sagittal
Transverse (horizontal)
What is the term for a muscle that assists the agonist in the production of the main action?
agonist
antagonist
synergist
neutralizer
Anatomically speaking, the term proximal provides what directional information?
Refers to a structure closer to the head
Means closer to the feet
A structure further away from the trunk
A structure closer to the trunk
All of the following muscles have an action at the wrist except?
Triceps brachii
Adductors of the wrist
Extensors of the wrist/fingers
Flexors of the wrist/fingers
The end of the femur contains what type of cartilage?
fibrocartilage
articular disc
elastic cartilage
What are the 3 kinds of arthrokinematic motions that occur at the synovial joint?
Roll, glide, and spin
eccentric, concentric, isometric
isometric, isokinetic, isotonic
Which of the following is an action of the brachioradialis?
Extend the elbow
Flex the wrist
Extend the wrist
Flex the elbow
Which of the following is a uniaxial joint?
joint articulatio between your trapezium and first metacarpal bone of your thumb
glenohumeral joint at the shoulder
Ellipsoid, saddle, ball and socket
Hinge, pivot
What plane divides the body into front and back portions?
saggital
frontal (coronal)
horizontal
transverse
Which of the following muscles has the most important function as a downward rotator of the scapula?
pectoralis major and minor
rhomboids, lavator scapula
triceps, biceps
brachialis, brachioradialis
Which is the section of the skeleton that includes the vertebral column and the ribs?
axial
appendicular
upper
lower
What muscle fiber type is the biggest and most powerful?
Phasic
Postural
Type II A
Type I
Type IIB
Which of the following muscles do not attach to the humerus?
biceps, triceps
coracobrachialis, brachialis
supraspinatus, infraspinatus
pectoralis minor, trapezius
Kicking a soccer ball is an example of what type of kinetic chain?
Spongy end feel
Open kinetic chain
Closed kinetic chain
Isometric
Fascia sheet that bind and stabilize tendons are known as?
Septum
Aponeurosis
Retinaculum
Interosseous membrane
What is the term for how mechanical principles relate to living structures?
kinesiology
physiology
anatomy
biomechanics
What is known as synovial fill fluid membrane that reduces friction between bone and connective tissue?
joint capsule
bursa
What muscle shape is similar to the design of a bird’s feather?
Parallel
Sphincter
Flat
Pennate
What type of tissue is a meniscus?
ligament
Which of the following is an action of the brachialis muscle?
Downwardly rotate the scapula
Which of the following muscles is not supplied by the median nerve?
Pronator teres, Pronator quadratus, Palmaris longus
Flexor carpi radialis, Flexor digitorium profundis
Flexor pollicis longus, flexor ditorium superficialis
Triceps, brachioradialis, anconeus
A suture is what classification of joint?
Synarthrosis
Amphiarthrosis
Diarthrosis
The most freely moveable type of joint is the:
saddle
pivot
ball-and-socket
gliding
hinge
What muscle fyber type fatigues slowly and is designed for endurance?
Type IIA
Which joint is formed when the humerus and scapula meet?
Sternoclavicular
Acromioclavicular
Glenohumeral
Humeralulnar
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:
Excitability
Contractibility
Elasticity
Extensibility
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):
Eccentric
Concentric
Isotonic
Homeostasis
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:
tension strength
elasticity
thixotropy
plasticity
creep
Defined as the capacity to be altered and retain that new configuration:
tengion strength
Movement that could occur at a joint, but is not reliant on voluntary control is:
physiological movement
accessory movement
eccentric
concentric
What is the most basic contractile unit of a muscle?
sarcomere
thin filaments
Z discs
M line
Athropy of the thenar eminence will indicate injury to what nerve?
musculocutaneous
radial
median
ulnar
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?
scaphoid
trapezium
hamate
pisiform
What is a common complication of a proximal humerus fracture, for example at the radial groove?
Median nerve
Radial Neve
Ulnar neverve
Musculocutaneous nerve
Which of the following muscles are most important for crutch walking?
deltoid, trapezius
brachioradialis, brachialis
pectoralis major, minor
Which of the following muscles are important for stabilizer of the scapula?
brachioradialis
triceps
serratus anterior
levator scapula
A muscle’s length will determine it?
force
contractility speed
tension
tonacity
How is a superficial structure situated in the body?
Closer to the surface
Deep to the surface
Closer to the midline
Further from the midline