Muscles that act on the __________ cause movement at the hip, knee, and foot joints.

A. upper limb
B. trunk
C. lower limb


Answer: C. lower limb

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A heavyset middle-aged insurance salesman, who doesn't exercise often, accepts his friend's invitation to a pickup basketball game. When attempting a jump shot, he falls to the ground in pain, grasping at the calf of his leg. There is an enormous bulge in his leg immediately below the popliteal fossa, and he is unable to plantar flex that foot. Most likely he has injured his ________ and the bulge is ________.

A. calcaneal tendon; his triceps surae B. hamstrings; a large hematoma (blood clot) C. tibia; a previously undetected bone tumor D. patellar ligament; his fibularis longus E. quadriceps tendon; his rectus femoris

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The ____ bone looks like a butterfly and acts as an anchor binding all of the cranial bones together

a. frontal b. sphenoid c. occipital d. temporal

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With three seconds left on the clock, Mia breaks free and scores the winning goal in her soccer game. Of the muscles listed, select the one with the primary action in extending the leg for kicking

A.   Biceps femoris B.   Semimembranosus C.   Sartorius D.   Quadriceps femoris E.   Tensor fasciae latae

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How do vellus hairs differ from terminal hairs?

What will be an ideal response?

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