Exam 11: How Muscles Function: the Big Picture

The fact that the pectoralis major can adduct the arm at the shoulder joint when the arm is in anatomic position but abduct the arm if it is already abducted above 100 degrees is an example of the:

Using the five-step approach to learning muscles,what is recommended as the first step?

What can stop an attachment of a concentrically contracting muscle from moving?

A muscle that crosses the shoulder posteriorly with a vertical direction to its fibers has what action at the shoulder joint?

The off-axis method is used to determine actions in what plane?

A muscle that crosses more than one joint is considered to be:

A muscle that crosses the knee posteriorly with a vertical direction to its fibers has what action at the knee joint?

Which of the following actions occurs when a person does a pull-up?

A functional group of muscles located within the frontal plane has which of the following actions?

A functional group of muscles located within the sagittal plane has what actions?

If a muscle crosses a joint laterally,which of the following actions would it most likely have?

Which of the following can happen if a muscle contracts and successfully shortens?

The reverse action when the brachialis contracts and shortens is flexion of the:

When a muscle contracts and shortens it is called:

A muscle that crosses the hip laterally with a vertical direction to its fibers has what action of the thigh at the hip joint?

Which of the following word origins means not moving?

Which of the following characterizes concentric muscle contraction?

If a muscle crosses a joint posteriorly,what action would it most likely have?

If a muscle has one line of pull in a cardinal plane,how many actions will it have,not counting possible reverse actions?

A functional group of muscles located within the transverse plane has which of the following actions?