By Robert Pankey

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Quiz on Arm and Hand Muscles
Directions Please answer the questions shown in
the following slides. When you have answered
incorrectly, you will be taken back to the
previous slide. If you answer correctly you will
proceed to the next slide. Please feel free to
take this quiz as many times as you wish.
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1. What side of the arm is showing in this
illustration?

• Anterior
• Posterior

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2. What is the muscle located at the upper
portion of the illustration?

1. The triceps
2. The biceps
3. The anconeus

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3. The bones shown in the illustration below
depicts a frontal view of the elbow joint

1. True
2. False

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4. The tendon shown in the illustration below is
the distal part of the triceps muscle

1. True
2. False

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5. What is the muscle just below the elbow joint
to the left side of this illustration?

1. The anconeus
2. The pronator teres
3. The supinator
4. None of the above

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6. What is the muscle shown on the arm in the
illustration below?

• a. The triceps
• The bicepts
• The brachioradialis

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7. What is/are the origination point(s) to the
arm muscle shown below?

1. The supra glenoid fossa of scapula
2. The coracoid process of scapula
3. The olecranon process
4. a b
5. b c

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8. What is the insertion point to the muscle
shown in at the top of the illustration below?

1. The olecranon process
2. The ulnar tuberosity
3. The radial tuberosity
4. None of the above

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9. What is the name of the broad ligamentous
sheath surrounding the wrist in this illustration
below?

1. The flexor retinaculum
2. The extensor retinaculum
3. The pronator quadratus
4. The extrinsics

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10. What action is involved when the muscles in
the illustration are contracted?

1. Extension of the hand and fingers
2. Flexion of the hand and fingers
3. Both a b

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11. What are the actions involved with the arm
muscle shown in the illustration below?

1. Extension of the arm at the elbow
2. Flexion of the arm at the elbow
3. Supination
4. Both b c

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12. The four sided muscle shown at the top on
the wrist is the

• Supinator
• Pronator quadratus
• Brachioradialis
• Anconeus

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13. The muscles shown in this illustration are
extrinsic muscles of the hand.

1. True
2. False

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14. The triangular muscle at the bottom of this
illustration is responsible for

1. Supination
2. Pronation
3. Flexion of the elbow

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15. This illustration depicts an posterior view
of the lower arm.

1. True
2. False

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16. These muscles are responsible for extension
of the hand and fingers.

1. True
2. False

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17. What is the insertion point of the supinator
muscle shown below

1. The ulna
2. The radius
3. The humerus

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18. What actions are made on contraction of the
muscles in this illustration?

1. Extension of the hand and arm at the elbow
2. Flexion of the hand and arm at the elbow

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19. What actions are made on contraction of the
muscles in this illustration?

• a. Extension of the hand and arm at the elbow
  joint
• b. Flexion of the hand and arm at the elbow joint

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20. What muscle is shown in this illustration
located below the elbow on the lateral side on
the forearm?

• a. The anconeus
• The brachiaradialis
• The pronator teres

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21. What is the ligamentous band shown in this
illustration?

1. The flexor retinaculum
2. The extensor retinaculum
3. The pronator quadratus

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22. What are the two actions involved in the
muscle shown on the arm in this illustration?

1. Flexion and pronation
2. Extension and supination
3. Extension and pronation
4. Flexion and supination

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23. What is the distal attachment (insertion
point) of this arm muscle?

1. The radial tuberosity
2. The olecranon process of the ulna
3. The supracondyle of the humerus

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24. What is the action of the muscle below the
elbow on the right side of the illustration below?

1. Flexion
2. Extention
3. Supination
4. Pronation