The Muscular System

What is the term for the point on a bone where a muscle attaches and subsequently moves the bone?

Which facial muscle is also known as the cheek muscle and is used for actions like blowing up a balloon?

Which muscles are responsible for closing the eyes and are located around them?

The platysma muscle is described as a flat sheet of muscle extending from below the chin to what part of the body?

What is the primary function of the thoracic muscles, such as the diaphragm and intercostals?

Which abdominal muscle is located deep to the internal oblique muscle?

What is the insertion point of the pectoralis major muscle?

The pectoralis minor muscle originates from which set of ribs?

The serratus anterior muscle, which originates in the first to 8th rib, has its insertion in which bone?

From which range of vertebrae does the trapezius muscle originate?

The rhomboid muscle, which inserts in the scapula, originates in which specific thoracic vertebrae?

Which of the following is NOT listed as a point of origin for the latissimus dorsi muscle?

The teres major muscle originates in the lateral border of the scapula and inserts into which bone?

Which muscle is described as the largest, fleshy muscle dorsally, extending from the hips to the femur?

The gluteus minimus muscle, located deep to the gluteus maximus, inserts in what specific part of the femur?

Which muscle originates in the ilium and inserts in the greater trochanter of the femur?

Which muscle is described as the longest muscle in the body and is also referred to as the 'tailor’s muscle'?

The sartorius muscle extends diagonally from the anterior superior iliac spine to insert into which bone?

All three hamstring muscles (semi-tendinosus, biceps femoris, and semi-membranosus) share a common origin in which part of the pelvis?

The insertion of the hamstring muscles is in which two bones of the lower leg?

Which hamstring muscle is described as the longest of the three and lies between the other two?

Which facial muscle is located on the chin and helps you to pout?

The zygomaticus muscle is attached to the zygomatic bone and works with which other muscle to help form speech and facial expressions like smiling?

During expiration (breathing out), what happens to the rib cage?

The paired rectus abdominis muscles run vertically from the pelvis to which two structures?

Which muscle is described as a set of fan-shaped prominent muscles on the chest with an origin in the clavicle, sternum, and abdomen?

What is the insertion point for the pectoralis minor muscle?

The trapezius muscle has its insertion in the clavicle and which other bone?

The latissimus dorsi is described as a broad, flat muscle with several points of origin. What is its insertion point?

Which muscle is located deep to the gluteus maximus and originates in the ilium?

The reason the sartorius muscle is referred to as the 'tailor's muscle' is because tailors used to perform what action?

Which of the hamstring muscles is situated laterally?

The set of muscles around your mouth, which you use to protrude your lips as if kissing, is the:

Which pectoral muscle is located deep to the pectoralis major?

What is the collective term for the external obliques, internal obliques, transversus abdominis, and rectus abdominis?

The origin of the rhomboid major muscle is on the thoracic vertebrae T2 to T5, and it inserts into what bone?

Which of the following describes the function of the diaphragm and intercostal muscles during inspiration (breathing in)?

The origin of the teres major muscle is found on the:

Which of the following muscles is NOT considered one of the gluteal muscles (maximus, medius, or minimus)?

What is the term for the attachment point on a bone that remains stationary when a muscle contracts?

The serratus anterior muscle originates from the first to which rib?

The latissimus dorsi has multiple origins, including the iliac crest, scapula, thoracolumbar fascia, and which range of thoracic vertebrae?

The action of pouting is primarily accomplished by which facial muscle?

Which abdominal muscle runs vertically from the pelvis to the xiphoid process?

What is the common origin for all three muscles of the hamstring group?

Which of these muscles is NOT part of the pectoral girdle group described in the text?

Contraction of a muscle pulls up the bone to which it is attached, while relaxing a muscle allows the bone to do what?

The external and internal intercostalis are muscles situated between which structures?

Which muscle is a triangular shaped muscle located deep to the gluteus maximus?

The semitendinosus muscle lies between the semimembranosus and which other hamstring muscle?