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