Question 1
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What functional group of muscles perform quick and strong movement?
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Postural muscles
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Phasic muscles
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Type I fibers
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Type II fibers
Question 2
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The atlanto-axis joint is an example of what type of joint?
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Hinge
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Pivot
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Ellipsoid
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Saddle
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Ball and socket
Question 3
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What tissue is designed to increase the available surface area of an articular region?
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bursae
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fat pad
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hyaline cartilage
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labrum
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meniscus
Question 4
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Which is a plane of movement that divides the body into upper and lower parts?
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Frontal
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Coronal
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Sagittal
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Transverse (horizontal)
Question 5
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What is the term for a muscle that assists the agonist in the production of the main action?
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agonist
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antagonist
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synergist
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neutralizer
Question 6
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Anatomically speaking, the term proximal provides what directional information?
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Refers to a structure closer to the head
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Means closer to the feet
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A structure further away from the trunk
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A structure closer to the trunk
Question 7
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All of the following muscles have an action at the wrist except?
Question 8
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The end of the femur contains what type of cartilage?
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fibrocartilage
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hyaline cartilage
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articular disc
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elastic cartilage
Question 9
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What are the 3 kinds of arthrokinematic motions that occur at the synovial joint?
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Roll, glide, and spin
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eccentric, concentric, isometric
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isometric, isokinetic, isotonic
Question 10
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Which of the following is an action of the brachioradialis?
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Extend the elbow
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Flex the wrist
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Extend the wrist
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Flex the elbow
Question 11
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Which of the following is a uniaxial joint?
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joint articulatio between your trapezium and first metacarpal bone of your thumb
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glenohumeral joint at the shoulder
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Ellipsoid, saddle, ball and socket
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Hinge, pivot
Question 12
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What plane divides the body into front and back portions?
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saggital
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frontal (coronal)
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horizontal
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transverse
Question 13
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Which of the following muscles has the most important function as a downward rotator of the scapula?
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pectoralis major and minor
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rhomboids, lavator scapula
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triceps, biceps
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brachialis, brachioradialis
Question 14
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Which is the section of the skeleton that includes the vertebral column and the ribs?
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axial
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appendicular
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upper
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lower
Question 15
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What muscle fiber type is the biggest and most powerful?
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Phasic
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Postural
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Type II A
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Type I
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Type IIB
Question 16
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Which of the following muscles do not attach to the humerus?
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biceps, triceps
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coracobrachialis, brachialis
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supraspinatus, infraspinatus
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pectoralis minor, trapezius
Question 17
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Kicking a soccer ball is an example of what type of kinetic chain?
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Spongy end feel
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Open kinetic chain
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Closed kinetic chain
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Isometric
Question 18
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Fascia sheet that bind and stabilize tendons are known as?
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Septum
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Aponeurosis
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Retinaculum
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Interosseous membrane
Question 19
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What is the term for how mechanical principles relate to living structures?
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kinesiology
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physiology
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anatomy
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biomechanics
Question 20
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What is known as synovial fill fluid membrane that reduces friction between bone and connective tissue?
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articular disc
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joint capsule
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fat pad
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bursa
Question 21
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What muscle shape is similar to the design of a bird’s feather?
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Parallel
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Sphincter
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Flat
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Pennate
Question 22
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What type of tissue is a meniscus?
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fibrocartilage
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hyaline cartilage
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elastic cartilage
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ligament
Question 23
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Which of the following is an action of the brachialis muscle?
Question 24
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Which of the following muscles is not supplied by the median nerve?
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Pronator teres, Pronator quadratus, Palmaris longus
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Flexor carpi radialis, Flexor digitorium profundis
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Flexor pollicis longus, flexor ditorium superficialis
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Triceps, brachioradialis, anconeus
Question 25
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A suture is what classification of joint?
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Synarthrosis
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Amphiarthrosis
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Diarthrosis
Question 26
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The most freely moveable type of joint is the:
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saddle
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pivot
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ball-and-socket
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gliding
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hinge
Question 27
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What muscle fyber type fatigues slowly and is designed for endurance?
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Phasic
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Postural
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Type IIA
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Type I
Question 28
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Which joint is formed when the humerus and scapula meet?
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Sternoclavicular
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Acromioclavicular
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Glenohumeral
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Humeralulnar
Question 29
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What group of muscles are designed to perform for longer periods of time in a semi-contracted state?
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Type I fibers
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Type II fibers
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Postural muscles
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Phasic muscles
Question 30
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What is the term for the study of movement:
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anatomy
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physiology
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biomechanics
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kinesiology
Question 31
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The capacity to respond to stimuli:
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Excitability
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Contractibility
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Elasticity
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Extensibility
Question 32
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A muscle's ability to develop tension when stimulated:
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Excitability
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Contractibility
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Extensibility
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Elasticity
Question 33
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The capacity of muscle tissue to stretch without being damaged:
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Excitability
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Contractibility
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Extensibility
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Elasticity
Question 34
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A muscle's tendency to return to its original length after being stretched:
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Excitability
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Contractibility
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Extensibility
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Elasticity
Question 35
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What is a muscle contraction where the muscle changes length, shortening (toward the middle):
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Eccentric
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Concentric
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Isotonic
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Homeostasis
Question 36
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What is a muscle contraction where the muscle changes length, elongating (away from the middle):
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Eccentric
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Concentric
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Isotonic
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Homeostasis
Question 37
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What is a muscle contraction that involves changes in length of a muscle, either shortening or elongating:
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Eccentric
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Concentric
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Isotonic
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Isometric
Question 38
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What is a muscle contraction where the muscle does not change:
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Eccentric
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Concentric
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Isotonic
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Isometric
Question 39
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Defined as the ability to be pulled in two different directions without damage:
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tension strength
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elasticity
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thixotropy
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plasticity
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creep
Question 40
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Defined as the capacity to be altered and retain that new configuration:
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elasticity
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creep
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tengion strength
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plasticity
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thixotropy
Question 41
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Movement that could occur at a joint, but is not reliant on voluntary control is:
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physiological movement
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accessory movement
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eccentric
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concentric
Question 42
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What is the most basic contractile unit of a muscle?
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sarcomere
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thin filaments
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Z discs
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M line
Question 43
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Athropy of the thenar eminence will indicate injury to what nerve?
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musculocutaneous
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radial
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median
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ulnar
Question 44
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What is the most freely movable type of joint?
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Synarthrosis
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Amphiarthrosis
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Diarthrosis
Question 45
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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?
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scaphoid
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trapezium
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hamate
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pisiform
Question 46
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What is a common complication of a proximal humerus fracture, for example at the radial groove?
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Median nerve
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Radial Neve
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Ulnar neverve
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Musculocutaneous nerve
Question 47
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Which of the following muscles are most important for crutch walking?
Question 48
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Which of the following muscles are important for stabilizer of the scapula?
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brachioradialis
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triceps
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serratus anterior
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levator scapula
Question 49
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A muscle’s length will determine it?
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force
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contractility speed
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tension
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tonacity
Question 50
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How is a superficial structure situated in the body?
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Closer to the surface
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Deep to the surface
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Closer to the midline
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Further from the midline