________ are terms used when comparing body areas on appendages.

A) Lateral and medial
B) Proximal and distal
C) Superior and inferior
D) Supine and prone
E) Superficial and deep


B) Proximal and distal

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A) lumbar B) sacral C) brachial D) cervical

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The roots of anatomical terminology lie mainly in which language(s)?

A. Mandarin Chinese B. Spanish and French C. Latin and Greek D. Gaelic E. Russian and Finnish

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Which movement is opposite to abduction?

A) flexion B) rotation C) circumduction D) adduction E) supination

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In excitation-contraction coupling,

A. myosin heads bind to exposed active sites on actin. B. ATP binds to actin myofilaments. C. Ca2+ must bind with myosin to expose active sites on actin. D. movement of the troponin-tropomyosin complex causes actin myofilaments to slide. E. cross-bridges form between myosin heads and Ca2+.

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