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MCPHS ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY EXAM 3 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE The Origin point of attachment that does not move when the muscle contracts The insertion the point of attachment of a muscle to the part that it moves Fascicle arrangement circular, con...

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MCPHS ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY EXAM 3

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE

SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE


The Origin


point of attachment that does not move when the muscle contracts


The insertion


the point of attachment of a muscle to the part that it moves


Fascicle arrangement


circular, convergent, parallel, pennate, fusiform


Circular muscle


arranged in a circle around an opening and act as sphincters; ex: orbicularis oris and orbicularis oculi


convergent muscles


converge at a single tendon; ex: pectoralis major, pectoralis minor


parallel muscles


lie parallel to one another and to the long axis of the muscle; ex: trapezius


Pennate muscles

,fascicles originate from tendon that runs the length of the entire muscle; has three different patterns:

unipennate (semimembranosus), bipennate (rectus femoris), and multipennate (deltoid)


Fusiform muscles


fascicles lie parallel to the long axis of the muscle. The belly of the muscle is larger in diameter than the

ends; ex: biceps brachii (two-headed) triceps brachii (three-headed)


How muscles are named


1. location

2. Size

3. shape

4. orientation of fascicles

5. origin of insertion

6. number of heads

7. function


Do muscles work as levers, fulcrums or weight?


levers


Class I lever system


fulcrum is between pull and weight (seesaw)


Class II lever system


weight is between the fulcrum and the pull (wheelbarrow)


Class III lever system


Most common in body, pull is between fulcrum and weight (person using shovel)

, Posterior muscles of the neck


longissimus capitis, oblique capitis superior, rectus capitis posterior, semispinalis capitis, splenius capitis,

trapezius


longissimus capitis


insertion: mastoid process

function: extends, rotates, and laterally flexes neck


oblique capitis superior


insertion: occipital bone

function: extends and laterally flexes neck; turns head


rectus capitis posterior


insertion: occipital bone

function: extends and rotates neck; turns head


semispinalis capitis


insertion: occipital bone

function: extends, rotates, and laterally flexes neck


trapezius


insertion: clavicle, acromion process and scapular spine

function: extends and laterally flexes neck


splenius capitis

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