Anatomy Muscles ((kahoots and quizzes)

What muscle is used to squint your eyes?

orbicularis oculi

Which is a prime mover of the spine?

rectus abdominis

What muscle is used to purse your lips?

orbicularis oris

What muscle allows you to smile?

zygomaticus major

What muscle allows you to raise your forehead?

frontalis

Which muscle allows you to kiss your sweetie on Valentine's Day?

orbicularis oris

Which muscle is a synergist for the masseter?

temporalis

Which muscle allows you to bend to the side?

external oblique

Which muscle is a prime mover in arm adduction and posterior arm movements?

latissimus dorsi

Which muscle is a prime mover in arm abduction?

deltoid

Which muscle is a prime mover for shrugging your shoulders and tilting your head back?

trapezius

Which muscle is a prime mover for arm adduction and anterior arm movement?

pectoralis major

What muscle reverses the action of a prime mover?

antagonist

Which is on the bone that a muscle moves?

insertion

sartorius

gastrocnemius

biceps femoris

The muscle that abducts the arm is the

deltoid

The job of the brachialis is as a

synergist for arm flexion

The group that pulls the leg backwards or flexes the leg at the knee

hamstrings

The antagonist to the biceps brachii is the

triceps

gracilis

tibialis anterior

Leg muscle that is a common injection site

gluteus medius

Muscle that would allow you to pull your arm back for bowling.

latissimus dorsi

Muscle that would allow you to reach forward to shake someone's hand.

pectoralis major

What other muscle is a prime mover for plantar flexion besides the gastrocnemius?

soleus

The muscle that opposes a particular action is called the

antagonist

The _______ is used to smile.

zygomaticus

The _______ will flex the trunk.

rectus abdominis

The _______ will abduct the arm.

deltoid

The _______ is/are used for actual chewing.

buccinator and masseter

The _______ will adduct the scapulae and help extend the neck.

trapezius

The orbicularis oculi muscle will

close the eyes

The ______ is used in forming a kiss.

orbicularis oris

The buccinator muscle is in the

cheek

The __________ raises your eyebrow.

frontalis

The ____________ is used to flex the neck and turn the head laterally.

sternocleidomastoid

The more movable end of a muscle is its

insertion

Which muscle is called the "trumpeters muscle", and aids in chewing and sucking?

buccinator

Which muscle will extend and adduct the arm for swimming or climbing a rope?

latissimus dorsi

The muscle that causes the look of fear by tensing the skin of the neck is the

platysma

The _________ will abduct the arm.

deltoid

The ________ flexes your knee.

hamstring group

The soleus is a muscle that forms part of the

calf

The __________ extends the forearm.

triceps brachii

What is the action of the brachialis muscle?

flex the forearm

Which muscle will extend and adduct the arm for swimming or climbing a rope?

latissimus dorsi

The _________ will straighten your leg at the knee.

quadriceps group

The _________ will adduct the scapulae and help extend the neck.

trapezius

The flexor carpi muscles will flex the

wrist and hand

What muscle lets you smile?

zygomaticus

What muscle lets you frown?

platysma

What muscle covers the forehead?

frontalis

What muscle allows you to blink?

orbicularis oculi

What muscle allows you to kiss?

orbicularis oris

What muscle allows you to bow your head?

sternocleidomastoid

What muscle is the prime mover for chewing?

masseter

What muscle is the prime mover to arm abduction?

deltoid

What muscle covers the superior, anterior portion of the chest

pectoralis major

What muscle allows you to shrug your shoulders?

trapezius

What muscle allows for backwards extension of the arm?

latissimus dorsi

What muscle stabilize the spine?

errector spinae

What is the most superficial abdominal muscle located down the middle?

rectus abdominus

What superficial abdominal muscles allow you to twist at the waist?

external obliques

What abdominal muscle is directly underneath the external obliques?

internal obliques

What abdominal muscle runs perpendicular to the rectus abdominis?

transverse abdominis

What arm muscle is the prime mover for arm flexion?

biceps brachii

What arm muscle is the prime mover for arm extension?

triceps

What muscles comprise the hamstrings?

semimembranosus, semitendinosus, biceps femoris

What muscle comprise the quadriceps?

rectus femoris, vastus medialis, vastus lateralis

What is the largest muscle in the body?

gluteus maximus

What muscle is immediately superior to the gluteus maximus?

gluteus medius

What is the superior muscle of the calf?

gastrocnemius

What muscle is immediately inferior to the gastrocnemius?

soleus

What does the gastrocnemius turn into?

achilles tendon

What muscle group covers the fibula?

fibularis group

What muscle runs along the tibia?

tibialis anterior

What muscle covers the medial portion of the thigh?

gracilis

What muscle cuts diagonally across the quads?

sartorius