10. Muscles

Muscle Actions

Multiple Choice
The genioglossus is the primary muscle involved sticking out your tongue. The styloglossus is responsible for pulling the tongue back in, making it a(n) _______ for sticking out your tongue?
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Multiple Choice
Which facial muscle is primarily responsible for producing horizontal wrinkles across the forehead when it contracts?
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Which facial muscle action is primarily responsible for frowning by pulling the eyebrows inferiorly and medially?
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Multiple Choice
Which term describes the site where a muscle attaches to a stationary bone?
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Multiple Choice
Which muscle elevates the eyebrows?
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Multiple Choice
Which muscle is not involved in plantar flexing the foot?
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Which term describes the ability of muscles to work against resistance?
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Multiple Choice
Curling a dumbbell is an example of which action at the elbow?
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Multiple Choice
Which of the following is a primary action of the latissimus dorsi muscle?
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Multiple Choice
In muscle actions, what is the primary function of a synergist muscle during a movement?
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Multiple Choice
Which muscle is the primary extensor of the forearm at the elbow joint?
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Which muscle is the primary agonist responsible for extension of the elbow joint?
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Multiple Choice
Which muscle is the primary extensor of the thigh at the hip joint?
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Muscles can act in different ways during a particular movement. What is the role of the antagonist?
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Which muscle is the primary flexor of the forearm at the elbow joint?
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