between the origin and insertion which is usually located proximally in limbs ? Correct Answer- Origin
What happens during REVERSE MUSCLE ACTION? Correct
... [Show More] Answer- specific movements of the body the
actions are reversed THEREFOR the positions of the origin and insertion of a muscle are switched
What is a mechanical advantage using the example of a lever? Correct Answer- if the load is closer to the
fulcrum and the effort is farther from the fulcrum only a small about of effort is needed to move the
load
Bones serve as levers and joints serve as ________ for the lever Correct Answer- fulcrum
Agonist (Prime Movers) _________ muscles while antagonist ____________ muscles Correct Answercontract, relax
What are muscles that contract and stabilize the intermediate joints called? Correct Answer- synergists
What is a group of skeletal muscles, their blood vessels, and nerves called? Correct AnswerCompartment
Origin an insertion of the masseter Correct Answer- Origin = maxilla and zygomatic arch
Insertion = angle and ramus of the mandible
What is the origin of the deltoid ? Correct Answer- acromial extremity of clavicle, acromion, and spine of
scapula
What are the 3 muscles that make up the hamstring ? Correct Answer- semimebranosous,
semitendinosus, biceps femorisWhat 4 muscles make up the Quads ? Correct Answer- rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus medialis,
vastus intermedialis
What do you call a small mass of nervous tissue that is made up primarily of neuron cell bodies? Correct
Answer- Ganglia
The somatic nervous system only sends impulses to ________ muscles Correct Answer- skeletal
Fight or Flight is associated with which division of the autonomic nervous system? Correct AnswerSympathetic
What is the ability to respond to a stimulus and convert it into an action potential? Correct Answerelectrical excitability
What type of neurons usually have several dendrite and on axon , and are norm ally found in brain and
spinal cord as well as motor neurons? Correct Answer- Multipolar
What type of neurons have one main dendrite and one axon as well as are primarily found in the retina
of the eye, inner ear, and the olfactory area of brain? Correct Answer- Bipolar
What type of neurons has dendrites and one axon that are fused together to form a continuous process
that emerges from the cell body? Correct Answer- Unipolar or Pseudounipolar
The processes of ________ make contact with blood capillaries, neurons, and the pia mater Correct
Answer- astrocytes
What neuroglia has these functions?
1. contain microfilaments that give them strength and allow them to support neurons
2. contributes to the effectiveness of BBB
3.in embyro, they secret chemicals that regulate things
4. help maintain an appropriate chemical environment for nerve impulse generation [Show Less]