Anatomy and physiology for exercise and health
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Which valve separates the right ventricle from the pulmonary artery?
Bicuspid valve
Pulmonary valve
Tricuspid valve
Which disease is the thickening of the walls of the arteries?
Arteriosclerosis
Coronary heart disease
Atherosclerosis
Which of these is a short-term adaptation to blood pressure during exercise?
Increase in systolic BP
Decrease in resting heart rate
Cardiac hypertrophy
Which muscle fibre has a slow twitch speed?
Type I
Type IIb
Type IIa
Which muscle elevates, retracts and depresses the scapula?
Biceps Brachii
Trapezius
Deltoid
Latissimus Dorsi
Which plane of movement splits the body into anterior and posterior?
Sagittal
Transverse
Frontal
Select one answer that gives two muscles that are described as ‘local' muscles offering core stability?
Erector spinae and spinals
Transverse abdominus and lumbar multifidus
Erector spinae and rectus abdominus
Which type of stretching offers the biggest increase in range of motion?
Static
Dynamic
PNF
Which nervous system is defined in the following statement ‘is voluntary control of body movements through the skeletal muscles’?
Central nervous system
Peripheral nervous system
What is the function of dendrites when talking about neurons?
Joins cell at specialist junction
Receive and process signals from the axons
Carries genetic information
What hormone increases levels of blood glucose?
Insulin
Melatonin
Glucagon
Thyroid
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