1What muscle is known as the swimmer’s muscle and is the prime mover of arm extension?
Latissimus Dorsi
2What muscle flexes the hand and fingers?
Flexor digitorum
3What muscle is the prime mover of finger extension?
extensor digitorum
4Which muscles function to square the shoulders and stabilize and retract the scapula?
Major and Minor Rhomboids
5What muscle is the prime mover of forearm extension?
Triceps Brachii
6What muscle is the major thigh extensor?
Gluteus Maximus
7Which two muscles insert at the calcaneus via the calcaneal tendon and function to plantar flex (inferiorly) the foot?
Gastrocnemius and Soleus (Which constitute the Triceps Surae)
8What muscle is the prime mover of dorsiflexion (superiorly)?
Tibialis Anterior
9The anatomical Snuff box…
contains the radial styloid process
10A blow to the cheek is most likely to break which superficial bone or bone part?
Zygomatic arch
11A nurse missed a patient’s median cubital bien while trying to withdraw blood and then inserted the needle far too deeply into the cubital fossa. This error could cause paralysis of…
the ulnar nerce