BIOL 235 Midterm 2 2026 EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
100% PASS
between the origin and insertion which is usually located proximally in limbs
? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Origin
What happens during REVERSE MUSCLE ACTION? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔specific movements of the body the actions are reversed THEREFOR
the positions of the origin and insertion of a muscle are switched
,What is a mechanical advantage using the example of a lever? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔if the load is closer to the fulcrum and the effort is farther
from the fulcrum only a small about of effort is needed to move the load
Bones serve as levers and joints serve as ________ for the lever - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔fulcrum
Agonist (Prime Movers) _________ muscles while antagonist
____________ muscles - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔contract, relax
What are muscles that contract and stabilize the intermediate joints called?
- 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔synergists
What is a group of skeletal muscles, their blood vessels, and nerves
called? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Compartment
Origin an insertion of the masseter - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Origin = maxilla and
zygomatic arch
Insertion = angle and ramus of the mandible
What is the origin of the deltoid ? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔acromial extremity of
clavicle, acromion, and spine of scapula
,What are the 3 muscles that make up the hamstring ? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔semimebranosous, semitendinosus, biceps femoris
What 4 muscles make up the Quads ? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔rectus femoris,
vastus lateralis, vastus medialis, vastus intermedialis
What do you call a small mass of nervous tissue that is made up primarily
of neuron cell bodies? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Ganglia
The somatic nervous system only sends impulses to ________ muscles - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔skeletal
Fight or Flight is associated with which division of the autonomic nervous
system? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Sympathetic
What is the ability to respond to a stimulus and convert it into an action
potential? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔electrical excitability
What type of neurons usually have several dendrite and on axon , and are
norm ally found in brain and spinal cord as well as motor neurons? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Multipolar
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, What type of neurons have one main dendrite and one axon as well as are
primarily found in the retina of the eye, inner ear, and the olfactory area of
brain? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Bipolar
What type of neurons has dendrites and one axon that are fused together
to form a continuous process that emerges from the cell body? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Unipolar or Pseudounipolar
The processes of ________ make contact with blood capillaries, neurons,
and the pia mater - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔astrocytes
What neuroglia has these functions?
1. contain microfilaments that give them strength and allow them to support
neurons
2. contributes to the effectiveness of BBB
3.in embyro, they secret chemicals that regulate things
4. help maintain an appropriate chemical environment for nerve impulse
generation
5. play a role in hearing and memory - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Astrocytes
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
100% PASS
between the origin and insertion which is usually located proximally in limbs
? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Origin
What happens during REVERSE MUSCLE ACTION? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔specific movements of the body the actions are reversed THEREFOR
the positions of the origin and insertion of a muscle are switched
,What is a mechanical advantage using the example of a lever? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔if the load is closer to the fulcrum and the effort is farther
from the fulcrum only a small about of effort is needed to move the load
Bones serve as levers and joints serve as ________ for the lever - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔fulcrum
Agonist (Prime Movers) _________ muscles while antagonist
____________ muscles - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔contract, relax
What are muscles that contract and stabilize the intermediate joints called?
- 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔synergists
What is a group of skeletal muscles, their blood vessels, and nerves
called? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Compartment
Origin an insertion of the masseter - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Origin = maxilla and
zygomatic arch
Insertion = angle and ramus of the mandible
What is the origin of the deltoid ? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔acromial extremity of
clavicle, acromion, and spine of scapula
,What are the 3 muscles that make up the hamstring ? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔semimebranosous, semitendinosus, biceps femoris
What 4 muscles make up the Quads ? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔rectus femoris,
vastus lateralis, vastus medialis, vastus intermedialis
What do you call a small mass of nervous tissue that is made up primarily
of neuron cell bodies? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Ganglia
The somatic nervous system only sends impulses to ________ muscles - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔skeletal
Fight or Flight is associated with which division of the autonomic nervous
system? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Sympathetic
What is the ability to respond to a stimulus and convert it into an action
potential? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔electrical excitability
What type of neurons usually have several dendrite and on axon , and are
norm ally found in brain and spinal cord as well as motor neurons? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Multipolar
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3
, What type of neurons have one main dendrite and one axon as well as are
primarily found in the retina of the eye, inner ear, and the olfactory area of
brain? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Bipolar
What type of neurons has dendrites and one axon that are fused together
to form a continuous process that emerges from the cell body? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Unipolar or Pseudounipolar
The processes of ________ make contact with blood capillaries, neurons,
and the pia mater - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔astrocytes
What neuroglia has these functions?
1. contain microfilaments that give them strength and allow them to support
neurons
2. contributes to the effectiveness of BBB
3.in embyro, they secret chemicals that regulate things
4. help maintain an appropriate chemical environment for nerve impulse
generation
5. play a role in hearing and memory - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Astrocytes
