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Michelle Pedronan
SCI200 (Anatomy)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which delicate connective tissue membrane that covers skeletal muscle fibers? | Endomysium |
| Which tough connective tissue binds together fascicles? | Perimysium |
| What is the coarse sheath covering the muscle as a whole? | Epimysium |
| Point of attachment that does not move when the muscle contracts is called? | Origin |
| Point of attachment that moves when the muscle contracts is called? | Insertion |
| What type of muscles that, when contracting, directly oppose prime movers; relax while the prime mover (agonist) is contracting to produce movement; provide precision and control during contraction of prime movers? | Antagonist |
| What type of muscles that contract at the same time as the prime movers; they facilitate prime mover actions to produce a more effi-cient movement? | Synergists |
| What type of muscles are joint stabilizers (type of synergist)? | Fixator muscles |
| What is the larger, stronger, and more medially and superficially located of the two leg bones. And articulates proximally with the femur to form the knee joint and distally with the fibula and talus | Tibia |
| What is the smaller, more laterally and deeply placed of the two leg bones. Articulates with the tibia? | Fibula |
| What is largest sesamoid bone in the body? | Patella |
| What is the longest and heaviest bone in the body? | Femur |
| Which bones form the framework of the hand. The thumb metacarpal forms the most freely movable joint with the carpal bones. Heads of the metacarpal bones (the knuckles) articulate with the phalanges | Metacarpal bones |
| What skeleton structure has 80 bones of the head, neck, and torso; composed of 74 bones that form the upright axis of the body and six tiny middle ear bones | Axial skeleton |
| What skeleton structure has 126 bones that form the appendages to the axial skeleton; the upper and lower extremities | Appendicular skeleton |
| Which cranial bones forms the forehead and anterior part of the top of the cranium and contains the frontal sinuses? | Frontal bone |
| Which cranial bones form the bulging top of the cranium and form several sutures: lambdoid suture with the occipital bone | Parietal bones |
| Which bone is a complex, irregular bone that lies anterior to the sphenoid and posterior to the nasal bones | Ethmoid bone |
| Which cranial bone forms the lower sides of the cranium and part of the cranial floor and contain the inner and middle ear | Temporal bones |