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How are skeletal muscles named based on the direction of their fibers?
How are skeletal muscles named based on the direction of their fibers?
- Upward, downward, sideways, circular
- Rectus, oblique, transverse, orbicularis (correct)
- Circular, parallel, convergent, pennate
- Long, short, large, small
What do muscles classified as 'pennate' have in common?
What do muscles classified as 'pennate' have in common?
- Wide and then narrows
- Lined up along the long axis
- Concentric layers
- Feather-like fiber patterns (correct)
What type of muscle classification is based on anatomical regions or landmarks used in the name?
What type of muscle classification is based on anatomical regions or landmarks used in the name?
- Direction classification
- Size classification
- Shape classification
- Location classification (correct)
Which term describes a muscle with fiber patterns lined up along the long axis and a central bulge referred to as the 'belly'?
Which term describes a muscle with fiber patterns lined up along the long axis and a central bulge referred to as the 'belly'?
What is the term used to describe muscle naming based on size and shape?
What is the term used to describe muscle naming based on size and shape?
What is the fixed immovable attachment point of a muscle called?
What is the fixed immovable attachment point of a muscle called?
Which muscle type is characterized by having attachment points that are parallel to the long axis of the muscle?
Which muscle type is characterized by having attachment points that are parallel to the long axis of the muscle?
What movement describes decreasing the joint angle?
What movement describes decreasing the joint angle?
Which muscle is a flexor of the elbow joint?
Which muscle is a flexor of the elbow joint?
What is the movable attachment point of a muscle called?
What is the movable attachment point of a muscle called?
Which type of muscle has attachment points that converge toward a single tendon?
Which type of muscle has attachment points that converge toward a single tendon?
What movement describes moving a body part toward the midline of the body?
What movement describes moving a body part toward the midline of the body?
What is the shortening of muscle fiber length called?
What is the shortening of muscle fiber length called?
"Retraction" primarily involves which body part?
"Retraction" primarily involves which body part?
Which term describes decreasing the joint angle?
Which term describes decreasing the joint angle?
What is the term for muscles that are named based on anatomical regions of the body or landmarks used in the name?
What is the term for muscles that are named based on anatomical regions of the body or landmarks used in the name?
Which term describes muscles with attachment points that converge toward a single tendon?
Which term describes muscles with attachment points that converge toward a single tendon?
What is the term used to describe muscle naming based on size and shape?
What is the term used to describe muscle naming based on size and shape?
Which term describes muscles with fiber patterns lined up along the long axis and a central bulge referred to as the 'belly'?
Which term describes muscles with fiber patterns lined up along the long axis and a central bulge referred to as the 'belly'?
What type of muscle classification involves feather-like fascicle arrangement, such as unipennate and multipennate?
What type of muscle classification involves feather-like fascicle arrangement, such as unipennate and multipennate?
Which term describes muscles with fiber patterns arranged in concentric layers?
Which term describes muscles with fiber patterns arranged in concentric layers?
Which term describes turning a body part on its axis?
Which term describes turning a body part on its axis?
What is the term for moving a body part away from the midline of the body?
What is the term for moving a body part away from the midline of the body?
Which muscle type is characterized by having attachment points that converge toward a single tendon?
Which muscle type is characterized by having attachment points that converge toward a single tendon?
What is the term used to describe the fixed, immovable attachment point of a muscle?
What is the term used to describe the fixed, immovable attachment point of a muscle?
What type of muscle classification is based on size and shape?
What type of muscle classification is based on size and shape?
What movement describes decreasing the joint angle?
What movement describes decreasing the joint angle?
What movement describes twisting the wrist to face backward?
What movement describes twisting the wrist to face backward?
What is the term for moving a body part toward the midline of the body?
What is the term for moving a body part toward the midline of the body?
Which term describes lifting a body part superiorly?
Which term describes lifting a body part superiorly?
What type of muscle has fibers running parallel to the long axis and a central bulge known as the 'belly'?
What type of muscle has fibers running parallel to the long axis and a central bulge known as the 'belly'?
