The notes from Monday are posted on the calendar page, at the bottom, titled muscle work.   I'm working on getting better at posting this stuff, hope this helps as you study for the test tomorrow...also, if you're studying for the test tomorrow, here's a couple examples of test questions...wow, smart move to check out this stuff huh?

1.  The elbow when flexed by the biceps is what type of lever

                a.  first class        b. second class                  c.  third class

2.  Which muscles below originate or start on the sternum.

a.  sternocleidomastoid   b.  biceps brachii  c.  latissimus dorsi  d.  pectoralis major              e.  a and d

3.  Which muscles originate on the scapula

a.  biceps brachii               b.  biceps femoris            c.  triceps femoris  d.  trapezius                  e.  a and c

4.  Which muscles do flexion?

a.  biceps brachii               b.  triceps brachii              c.  rectus abdominis    d.  deltoid                e.  all but “b”

5.  Which muscle is named for its shape?

a.  deltoid                            b.  rectus femoris             c.  trapezius  d.  transverses abdominis  e.  a and c.

6.  Which muscle opposes the lateral rectus of the eye?

a.  superior rectus            b.  inferior oblique           c.  inferior rectus              d.  medial rectus

7.  If a muscle is a flexor and is located on the anterior side of the body, which side of the body would its antagonist be found on…

a.  lateral              b.  posterior       c.  medial             d.  distal

8.  If a muscle’s main action was medial rotation, what would its antagonist do?

a.  flexion            b.  extension      c.  supination     d.  lateral rotation

9.  What is an antagonist of the deltoid?

a.  pectoralis major          b.  biceps brachii               c.  triceps brachi                d.  latissimus dorsi    e.  a and d.

10.  What is the insertion point for both the gluteus maximus and the iliopsoas?

a.  femur              b.  pelvis              c.  tibia                  d.  humerus

11.  What do we call a muscle contraction involving the shortening of a muscle?

a.  isometric, concentric                                b.  isotonic, eccentric      c.  isometric, eccentric   d.  isotonic, concentric

12.  When you push against something that doesn’t move, what type of contraction is taking place?

a.  isotonic           b.  isokinetic       c. isometric

13.  If the abductors of the body are primarily located on the lateral surface of the body, where would we find the adductors of the body.  A. on the anterior surface            B. on the medial surface  C.  Proximal

14.  What two muscles below have origins that include the spinal column…

a.  trapezius, pectoralis major     b.  latissimus dorsi, iliopsoas        c.  trapezius, sternocleidomastoid

15.  Which two muscles insert on the humerus

a.  pectoralis major, trapezius     b.  latissimus dorsi, deltoid           b.  biceps brachii, deltoid

16.  Which muscle below is named for both fiber direction and location.

a.  rectus abdominis        b.  rectus femoris             c.  lateral rectus                                d.  all choices

17.  Because muscle responds to stimuli, like the e-stim machine, it has this feature

a.  elasticity         b.  extensibility c.  contractility   d.  excitability

18.  Which muscle is named for both its size and its action

a.  gluteus maximus        b.  biceps brachii               c.  adductor longus          d.  flexor carpi

19.  What muscle inserts on the radius and ulna

a.  biceps femoris             b.  biceps brachii               c.  deltoid            d.  trapezius

20.  Which muscle opposes the movement of plantarflexion

a.  gastrocnemius             b.  quadriceps    c.  tibialis anterior             d.  hamstring

Hey, welcome back from Thanksgiving vacation, hope it went well and that maybe you got some extra credit in the process...some things to watch out for and to be excited about in the coming days.  We'll be finishing up working on muscles this week and hopefully give you some good experience regarding not only understanding how muscles work, but how the process of science works so you can have an excellent experience for your Wolff's law projects....

A timeline of sorts for you:  This week finish muscle...test on Wednesday, take home portion of the test is due on Friday.

Thursday...begin the nervous system...of course we'll be drawing a bit and doing a lot of clinical type tests ranging from sensory and reflex testing to memory and cognitive tests as well.  The vocab is going to get steep, so we won't be doing the usual concept check questions, we'll be delving pretty deep into memorization and reading strategies...so get to class.

Next week...continue with your questions, learn how to test reflexes, do some sensory testing of people who live at home, learn about the placebo effect as well as the law of initial values, and hey, let's dissect a brain or two.

Lever example

Here is how to solve a lever problem, particularly a second class level like the one you use in your ankle when you plantar flex and stand on your tippy toes. Just follow the steps in the video below...

Okay, crazy couple of weeks since the last post, important assignments to note and stuff you should have done because Friday, November 15 is the last day of the six weeks grading period...

The Midterm and its retake, very important.
Chapter 6 concept checks - we spend less time in this chapter, but use the material for the rest of the semester, so it's good if you could have these in by Wednesday, November 13.
Stay up to date on your structures of the week (or scientists or movements, or all of them), any extra you do go to help your grade.

Wolff's law project...by Thursday, we hope to have you committed to your project so you can truly begin to gather data for this...more to come soon...if you read this, draw pictures of the three types of lever on a sheet of paper and give an example of each as found in the human body for 10 extra points.  Take care.