AP2 Exam 2

What is the common function of the brachioradialis, brachialis, and biceps brachii muscles?

What is the common function of the anterior and posterior tibialis?

Muscle names are generally descriptie of their size, shape, function, location, attachment points, fiber direction and:

What fascial layer forms the outer envelope of the muscle and anchors it to the hypodermis?

What type of event occurs when a maximal muscle contraction occurs?

A wheel barrow and standing heel raise exercises are examples of what class of lever?

Once stimulus is removed, which of these is the last step in the sliding filament mechanism?

What is the function of a tendon?

What is the common function for all the quadriceps?

Which of the following is an accurate description of a motor unit?

Fascia is classified as what type of connective tissue?

In the phosphagen system what substance is broken down to replenish ATP?

Which energy system is functioning when muscle uses ATP stored in the skeletal muscle for short term effort?

Which physiologic principle increases the number of motor units engaged in contraction in relation to force production

Which of these skeletal muscles is a type of pennate muscle?

A sudden spasmodic muscle contraction is called a _____________

What is the name of the large central portion of a muscle?

The key characteristics of skeletal muscle include being excitable, contractile, _________ and ________

What connective tissue element of skeletal muscle is described as the tenoperiosteal junction?

The physiologic principle that explains how a muscle contracts is called the ____________

What method of energy production creates lactic acid and the largest oxygen debt?

What is the function of a retinaculum in the muscular system?

What change occurs in the muscle during a concentric contraction?

The consistent state of low grade tension in a muscle generated by a tonic contraction is called ___________

What type of muscle contraction occurs in the biceps when lowering a weight from an elbows flexed to extended position

What type of muscle contraction maintains our posture when standing?

Name the muscle group that plantar flexes the ankle

What class of level are most joints in the body?

What muscle is nicknamed “Lat's little helper” because it assists with all of the same functions?

The functions of the muscular system are maintaining posture, create movement and ______________

What is the anatomic name for a skeletal muscle cell?

What portion of a muscle cell is the actual contractile unit?

What kind of contraction occurs in the hamstrings when we bend our knee to climb the stairs?

What fascial layersurrounds each skeletal muscle cell and fiber?

What are the categories of muscle fiber arrangement?

What is the advantage of having multiple motor units in a skeletal muscle?

The prime mover creating movement is called the ___________

What is the name of the physiologic theory that explains the relationship between muscle length and force?

The physiologic processes that occur when oxygen debt is paid back

Which method of energy production generates the highest amount of ATP?

Which muscle type has a broad belly that tapers on the ends and has parallel fiber arrangement?

Which muscle attachment is generally on the bone that moves during any motion?

Where is the adductor muscle group located

Muscles that abduct the hip include the gluteus medius, gluteus minimus, and:

What type of contraction is occurring when muscles are shortening?

Which microscopic fiber in muscle is formed by the end-to-end arrangement of sarcomeres

Which of these muscles serves as a major stabilizer and has no movement function?

After applying compression to the cramp, how can you apply your knowledge of muscle physiology to relieve a calf cramp?

What change occurs in a muscle during an eccentric contraction?

Which of these statements is the best explanation of reciprocal inhibition?