Which four muscle groups make up the axial musculature?

Which muscles act to propel food down the length of the pharynx to the esophagus?

List the four patterns of fascicle arrangement used to classify the different types of skeletal muscles.

Name and describe the action of muscles used to shake your head no; to nod yes.

a. Name two forearm muscles that are powerful extensors and abductors of the hand. b. Name the sole forearm muscle that can flex the distal interphalangeal joints.

Name four criteria used in naming muscles, and provide an example (other than those used in the text) that illustrates each criterion.

Differentiate between the arrangement of elements (load, fulcrum, and effort) in first-, second-, and third-class levers.

a. Name the four muscle pairs that act in unison to compress the abdominal contents.b. How does their arrangement (fiber direction) contribute to the strength of the abdominal wall?c. Which of these muscles can effect lateral rotation of the spine?d. Which can act alone to flex the spine?

What three functional groups make up the muscles of the lower limbs?