5/6/2019 Unit 5 Test - Muscular System

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Unit 5 Test - Muscular System

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question (1.5 points per question).
B 1. This is the most superficial muscle of the hip that forms most of the flesh of the buttocks and is the
most important muscle for extending the hip when power is needed.
a. iliopsoas c. gluteus medius
b. gluteus maximus d. adductor muscles

ANSWER: B
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C 2. This muscle is a two bellied muscle that forms the curved half of the posterior leg and inserts into
the heel of the foot using the Achilles tendon. It is usually referred to as the calf and as the “toe
dancer’s” muscle.
a. soleus b. tibialis c. gastrocnemius d. sartorius

ANSWER: C
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B 3. The _______ muscles help to move and make up the wall of the chest and are located between the
ribs.
a. abdominal b. intercostal c. adductor d. oblique

ANSWER: B
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C 4. The thick myofilament contains this protein.
a. calcium b. tropomyosin c. myosin d. actin

ANSWER: C
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D 5. This is the type of muscle shown by the figure below.

a. circular b. fusiform c. parallel d. convergent

ANSWER: D
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B 6. The fleshy, triangle shaped muscles that form the rounded shape of your shoulders. Because they
are so bulky, they are favorite injection site when relatively small amounts of medication must be
given intramuscularly. They are also the prime movers of arm abduction.
a. erector spinae c. trapezius
b. deltoid d. latissimus dorsi

ANSWER: B
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ANSWER: B
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C 7. This is the most common type of muscular dystrophy. It is mostly a male disease in which the
muscles lack a protein called dystrophin.
a. Parkinson’s b. Achille’s c. Duchenne’s d. Huntington’s

ANSWER: C
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A 8. Which of the following best allows the myosin head to detach from the actin and return to the
ready position.
a. An ADP molecule is replaced by an ATP molecule.
b. Tropomyosin covers the actin binding sites
c. The neuron signals the contraction to stop.
d. Calcium ions are removed

ANSWER: A
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A 9. This type of contraction occurs when the muscle is pitted against an unmovable object and
therefore cannot contract.
a. isometric b. flexation c. isotonic d. aerobic

ANSWER: A
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C 10. This muscle is the powerful prime mover for flexion of the forearm and acts to supinate the
forearm. It is also the most familiar muscle of the forearm because it bulges when the elbow is
flexed.
a. brachioradialis b. brachialis c. biceps brachii d. triceps brachii

ANSWER: C
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C 11. This muscle is a fairly weak muscle that arises on the humerus and enters the distal forearm, where
it mainly resides.
a. biceps brachii b. brachialis c. brachioradialis d. triceps brachii

ANSWER: C
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C 12. This type of muscle is not striated, involuntary and has a single nucleus.
a. cardiac b. skeletal c. smooth

ANSWER: C
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D 13. This is a large muscle that fans across the crest from the shoulder to the breastbone.
a. sternocleidomastoid c. intercostals
b. platysma d. pectoralis major

ANSWER: D
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B 14. These muscles press the thighs together, and have their origins on the pelvis and insert on the
proximal aspect of the femur.
a. iliopsoas c. gluteus medius
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b. adductor muscles d. gluteus maximus

ANSWER: B
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B 15. This type of muscle is striated, involuntary and are arranged in spiral or figure-8 shaped bundles.
a. smooth b. cardiac c. skeletal

ANSWER: B
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A 16. This organelle stores calcium and releases it when the muscle needs to contract.
a. sarcoplasmic reticulum c. sarcolemma
b. myofibril d. sarcomere

ANSWER: A
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C 17. To what is the following picture referring.

a. the Z disc c. a sarcomere

b. the bare zone d. the sarcolemma

ANSWER: C
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C 18. The most superficial muscles of the posterior neck and upper trunk. They form a diamond or kite
shaped muscle mass and they also can elevate, depress, adduct, and stabilize the scapula.
a. latissimus dorsi c. trapezius
b. erector spinae d. deltoid

ANSWER: C
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A 19. This muscle group contains the semimembranosus, biceps femoris, and semitendinosus and is
located on the posterior thigh.
a. hamstring b. adductoris c. abdominals d. quadriceps

ANSWER: A
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B 20. This is the toughest connective tissue sheath that surrounds skeletal muscles that covers the entire
muscle and blends into either tendons or aponeuroses.
a. perimysium b. epimysium c. exomysium d. endomysium

ANSWER: B
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B 21. This is a disease that caused by a shortage of acetylocholine receptors at the neuromuscular
junction and results in generalized muscle weakness and fatigability
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junction and results in generalized muscle weakness and fatigability.
a. atrophy c. quickening
b. myasthenia gravis d. muscular dystrophy

ANSWER: B
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B 22. Which of the following is NOT true about the muscular system develop in the embryo during
pregnancy?
a. Certain larger muscles (like those of the thoracic and lumbar regions) become very
extensive.
b. The development of all muscles and their control by the nervous system occurs rather late
in the pregnancy.
c. The muscular system is laid down in segments.
d. The muscular system is invaded by nerves.

ANSWER: B
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A 23. This is also known as the smiling muscle, because it raises the corners of the mouth upward.
a. zygomaticus c. iliopsoas
b. orbicularis oculi d. orbicularis oris

ANSWER: A
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A 24. This is the dark banded area of a skeletal muscle.
a. A band b. M line c. Z disc d. I band

ANSWER: A
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B 25. This is a disease that causes fat and connective tissue to be deposited in the muscle, which causes
the muscles fibers to degenerate.
a. myasthenia gravis c. quickening
b. muscular dystrophy d. atrophy

ANSWER: B
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B 26. This facial muscle, which covers from your forehead to your eyebrow, allows you to raise and
move your eyebrows and to wrinkle your forehead.
a. temporalis b. frontalis c. buccinator d. zygomaticus

ANSWER: B
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C 27. This type of ATP regeneration in the muscle is the most effective (yielding 36 ATP per glucose)
but is slow.
a. direct phosphorylation c. aerobic respiration
b. lactic acid formation d. anaerobic glycolysis

ANSWER: C
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B 28. This is known as a single, brief, jerky contraction.
a. unfused tetanus c. fused tetanus
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b. muscle twitch d. graded response

ANSWER: B
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C 29. This type of muscle is striated, voluntary and multinucleated.
a. cardiac b. smooth c. skeletal

ANSWER: C
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B 30. This chewing muscle covers the angle of the lower jaw and is used to close the jaw by elevating
the mandible.
a. temporalis c. platysma
b. masseter d. sternocleidomastoid

ANSWER: B
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