Directions:
- Muscle Shapes & Names
Answer the following questions.
1. Which of the following muscle shapes creates a sphincter?
A. Unipennate
B. Straight
Circular
D. Multipennate
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2. A muscle which has fibers extending outward from a common point of attachment
is characteristic of which of the following muscles?
A. Convergent
B. Circular
C. Parallel
D. Pennate
3. Which of the following is NOT a factor which influences skeletal muscle names?
A. Size
B. Shape
C. Mechanical action or function
D. Color
4. Skeletal muscles are organized in layers and categorized as superficial or deep.
Deep muscles are more
compared to superficial
muscles.
A. Internal
B. External
C. Anterior
D. Posterior
5. Which of the following would you expect to be the name of a two-headed muscle
located on a lower limb?
A. Biceps femoris
B. Triceps femoris
C. Biceps brachii
D. Bilateral femoris