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Chapter 09: Muscular System
Herlihy: The Human Body in Health and Illness, 6th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following muscles is described as striated and involuntary?
a. Aponeurosis
b. Smooth
c. Skeletal
d. Cardiac
ANS: D
2. Actin is
a. located within the neuromuscular junction.
b. a contractile protein that is part of the thin filament.
c. called the thick filament.
d. stored within the sarcoplasmic reticulum.
ANS: B
3. Which of the following forms cross-bridges with actin?
a. Sarcoplasmic reticulum
b. T tubules
c. Myosin
d. Sarcolemma
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ANS: C
4. “Pumping iron” is most likely to cause
a. atrophy.
b. contracture formation.
c. hypertrophy.
d. muscular dystrophy.
ANS: C
5. The orbicularis oris muscle
a. surrounds the mouth.
b. flexes the head.
c. is the smiling muscle.
d. closes the eye.
ANS: A
6. Which of the following is not a facial muscle?
a. Orbicularis oculi
b. Zygomaticus
c. Sternocleidomastoid
d. Frontalis
ANS: C
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7. Which muscle is located on the posterior area of the body?
a. Latissimus dorsi
b. Pectoralis major
c. Quadriceps femoris
d. Sternocleidomastoid
ANS: A
8. Which group of muscles is located on the posterior thigh?
a. Rotator cuff muscles
b. Quadriceps femoris
c. Hamstrings
d. Muscles of mastication
ANS: C
9. The biceps femoris, semitendinosus, and semimembranosus
a. flex the foot.
b. attach to the patella.
c. are the hamstrings.
d. are located on the anterior thigh.
ANS: C
10. The rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus medialis, and vastus intermedius
a. insert on the calcaneus.
b. flex the leg at the knee.
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d. are the muscles of the quadriceps femoris.
ANS: D
11. The quadriceps femoris group and the hamstrings
a. lie along the anterior part of the leg.
b. flex the foot.
c. lie along the thigh.
d. shrug the shoulders.
ANS: C
12. Which flat muscle covers the forehead and raises the eyebrows (for a “surprised” look)?
a. Frontalis
b. Zygomaticus
c. Masseter
d. Buccinator
ANS: A
13. The levator palpebrae superioris
a. purses the lips.
b. allows one to whistle.
c. raises the eyelids.
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d. wiggles the nose.
ANS: C
14. The smiling muscle is the
a. buccinator.
b. zygomaticus.
c. frontalis.
d. orbicularis oris.
ANS: B
15. Which muscles are located between the ribs and help move the rib cage during breathing?
a. Diaphragm
b. Sternocleidomastoid
c. Serratus anterior
d. Intercostal muscles
ANS: D
16. Which muscle is located in the lower extremities?
a. Peroneus longus
b. Latissimus dorsi
c. Serratus anterior
d. Pectoralis major
ANS: A
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17. Which group of muscles moves RSarm
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B.C OM
shoulder?
a. Quadriceps femoris group
b. Hamstrings
c. Rotator cuff muscles
d. Muscles of mastication
ANS: C
18. The brachialis and brachioradialis
a. flex the forearm at the elbow.
b. extend the hand.
c. are antagonistic to the biceps brachii.
d. shrug the shoulders.
ANS: A
19. Which large muscle or muscle group extends the thigh at the hip?
a. Sartorius
b. Hamstring
c. Rotator cuff
d. Latissimus dorsi
ANS: B
20. Which muscle attaches to the cranial aponeurosis and wrinkles the forehead?
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Chapter 09: Muscular System
Herlihy: The Human Body in Health and Illness, 6th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following muscles is described as striated and involuntary?
a. Aponeurosis
b. Smooth
c. Skeletal
d. Cardiac
ANS: D
2. Actin is
a. located within the neuromuscular junction.
b. a contractile protein that is part of the thin filament.
c. called the thick filament.
d. stored within the sarcoplasmic reticulum.
ANS: B
3. Which of the following forms cross-bridges with actin?
a. Sarcoplasmic reticulum
b. T tubules
c. Myosin
d. Sarcolemma
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ANS: C
4. “Pumping iron” is most likely to cause
a. atrophy.
b. contracture formation.
c. hypertrophy.
d. muscular dystrophy.
ANS: C
5. The orbicularis oris muscle
a. surrounds the mouth.
b. flexes the head.
c. is the smiling muscle.
d. closes the eye.
ANS: A
6. Which of the following is not a facial muscle?
a. Orbicularis oculi
b. Zygomaticus
c. Sternocleidomastoid
d. Frontalis
ANS: C
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7. Which muscle is located on the posterior area of the body?
a. Latissimus dorsi
b. Pectoralis major
c. Quadriceps femoris
d. Sternocleidomastoid
ANS: A
8. Which group of muscles is located on the posterior thigh?
a. Rotator cuff muscles
b. Quadriceps femoris
c. Hamstrings
d. Muscles of mastication
ANS: C
9. The biceps femoris, semitendinosus, and semimembranosus
a. flex the foot.
b. attach to the patella.
c. are the hamstrings.
d. are located on the anterior thigh.
ANS: C
10. The rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus medialis, and vastus intermedius
a. insert on the calcaneus.
b. flex the leg at the knee.
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c. are antagonistic to the quadriceps NGTB.COM
d. are the muscles of the quadriceps femoris.
ANS: D
11. The quadriceps femoris group and the hamstrings
a. lie along the anterior part of the leg.
b. flex the foot.
c. lie along the thigh.
d. shrug the shoulders.
ANS: C
12. Which flat muscle covers the forehead and raises the eyebrows (for a “surprised” look)?
a. Frontalis
b. Zygomaticus
c. Masseter
d. Buccinator
ANS: A
13. The levator palpebrae superioris
a. purses the lips.
b. allows one to whistle.
c. raises the eyelids.
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d. wiggles the nose.
ANS: C
14. The smiling muscle is the
a. buccinator.
b. zygomaticus.
c. frontalis.
d. orbicularis oris.
ANS: B
15. Which muscles are located between the ribs and help move the rib cage during breathing?
a. Diaphragm
b. Sternocleidomastoid
c. Serratus anterior
d. Intercostal muscles
ANS: D
16. Which muscle is located in the lower extremities?
a. Peroneus longus
b. Latissimus dorsi
c. Serratus anterior
d. Pectoralis major
ANS: A
NUthe
17. Which group of muscles moves RSarm
INGatTthe
B.C OM
shoulder?
a. Quadriceps femoris group
b. Hamstrings
c. Rotator cuff muscles
d. Muscles of mastication
ANS: C
18. The brachialis and brachioradialis
a. flex the forearm at the elbow.
b. extend the hand.
c. are antagonistic to the biceps brachii.
d. shrug the shoulders.
ANS: A
19. Which large muscle or muscle group extends the thigh at the hip?
a. Sartorius
b. Hamstring
c. Rotator cuff
d. Latissimus dorsi
ANS: B
20. Which muscle attaches to the cranial aponeurosis and wrinkles the forehead?
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