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Anatomy and physiology for exercise and health

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Which valve separates the right ventricle from the pulmonary artery?

Pulmonary valve

Tricuspid valve

Bicuspid valve

Which disease is the thickening of the walls of the arteries?

Coronary heart disease

Arteriosclerosis

Atherosclerosis

Which of these is a short-term adaptation to blood pressure during exercise?

Decrease in resting heart rate

Increase in systolic BP

Cardiac hypertrophy

Which muscle fibre has a slow twitch speed?

Type I

Type IIb

Type IIa

Which muscle elevates, retracts and depresses the scapula?

Trapezius

Deltoid

Biceps Brachii

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

Erector spinae and rectus abdominus

Transverse abdominus and lumbar multifidus

Which type of stretching offers the biggest increase in range of motion?

Static

PNF

Dynamic

Which nervous system is defined in the following statement ‘is voluntary control of body movements through the skeletal muscles’?

Peripheral nervous system

Central nervous system

What is the function of dendrites when talking about neurons?

Joins cell at specialist junction

Carries genetic information

Receive and process signals from the axons

What hormone increases levels of blood glucose?

Insulin

Glucagon

Melatonin

Thyroid

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