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

Which of the following is a large, deep muscle that protracts the scapula during punching?a. serratus anterior,b. rhomboids,c. levator scapulae,d. subscapularis.

Knee extensors known as the quadriceps femoris consist of the (a) three vastus muscles and the rectus femoris, (b) biceps femoris, gracilis, and sartorius, (c) popliteus, iliopsoas, and gracilis, (d) gastrocnemius, tibialis, and peroneus.

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.

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.

Which four muscle groups make up the axial musculature?

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.