Exam 28: Muscle and Movement: A Comprehensive Guide to Anatomy and Conditions

The suffix -ceps means :

The word part brachi/o- means arm and is found in words related to the arm.

Rigor mortis is a reversible muscle disease,if it is caught in time.

All of the muscles of the body or all of the muscles in one part of the body are referred to as the ____________.

Which syllable is the primary accented syllable in the pronunciation of myopathy (my-awp-ah-thee)?

When the deep tendon reflexes are tested,the impulse from tapping the patellar tendon goes to the brain and the brain makes a conscious decision to extend the leg.

NSAIDs are drugs that are used to:

A muscle that moves a body part towards the midline of the body is known as an:

Each muscle is wrapped in a ____________,a thin connective tissue that joins to the tendon.

The gastrocnemius muscle propels food through the stomach.

The word rectus in the muscle name rectus abdominis means oblique.

The combining form masset/o- means ____________.

The combining forms vers/o- and vert/o- mean:

The word hamstrings is a collective name for two muscles on the posterior aspect of the thigh.

The action of the ____________ muscle bends the head toward the sternum.

The quadriceps femoris is a group of ____________ muscles.

The neurotransmitter that initiates muscle contraction is:

The abbreviation OOB stands for ____________ ____________ ____________.

Which is the characteristic symptom of myasthenia gravis?

Bodybuilders like to increase the size of their muscle mass.This process is known as muscle ___________.