Quiz Bowl Anatomy and Biomechanics

Which muscle contributes most to freestyle swimming in the upper arm?

Spina bifida is characterized by an incomplete closure of the spinal column

The origin of the biceps brachii

stretching the gastroc requires this movement of the ankle

Which joint has the greatest ROM?

Reliance on which muscle increases with increases in running velocity?

Which is NOT a rotator cuff muscle?

Swinging a baseball bat would occur in what plane

the organ in the inner ear responsible for maintaining general equilibrium

Stability of a joint has an inverse relationship with Mobility

during growth new bone cells are added tot he periosteum

which is not a type of muscle contractions

During a bicep curl the bicep brachii and triceps brachii act as this because they exert opposite effects

Plantar flexion of the ankle functions through this type of lever

The hunchback of notre dame probably suffered from this

Structural classification of the articulation between the distal tibia and fibula

A distance runner moves primarily in which plane?

The two muscles that make up the triceps surae

The primary muscle involvedin horizontal adduction ofthe humerus

Most levers in the body are classified as

The motor neuron and all the muscle fibers it innervates

which cells are responsible for bringing calcium into bones?

these muscles act as the strongest hip flexor

The term used to describe the linear relationship between stress and strain

The law that states that bone is laid down where needed and reabsorbed where not needed

The only true articulation of the upper extremity to the axial skeleton

Ligament that attaches to the proximal end of the ulna and surrounds the head of the radius

The angle of pinnation affects the number of sarcomeres per CSA and max force per unit area

Class of lever describing the triceps brachii acting on the elbow

The protein responsible for inhibiting cross bridge formation

You spend the majority of the gait cycle in swing phase.

Which represents the greatest average velocity?

Primary muscle agonist of the hip in the upward phase of deadlift?

Type of loading under which the bone is less likely to fracture

A third-class lever is one in which the resistance is between the axis and the force

The name of this knee flexor implies posterior knee

Which is not one of the quadriceps muscle

the most serious and life threatening fractures occur at the femoral neck

The type of muscle contraction that exerts high stress to the sarcomere

The only muscle in the quadriceps that cross both the hip and knee joint

the proprioceptor that measures muscle tension and induces muscle stretch/relaxation