This a review for the test on Friday June 2, 2014. It would be in your best interest to answer these questions. Also review the vocabulary,origins, insertions, actions,structure and shapes of the muscles.

Name that structure:

1. The most powerful and important muscle used when chewing food.


2. A collagenous sheet of connective tissue connecting two muscles.


3. The muscles that are synergistic with the diaphragm during inspiration.


4. The muscles in the abdominal region that compress the abdomen depress the ribs and flex of bend the spine.


5. While playing softball, Sid pulls his hamstring muscle. As a result of the injury he has difficulty flexing and medially rotating his thigh. Which muscles (s) of the hamstring group did he probably injure?


6. What is the primary functional difference between an origin and an insertion?


7. List the four types of skeletal muscles based on the pattern of organization within a fascicle. Give an example of each.


8. List the three (3) classes of levers, give a practical example of each, and identify a place where the action occurs in the body.


9. Name the three muscles that belong to the hamstrings.


10. Name the four muscles that are included in the quadriceps.