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?
Arteriosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
Coronary heart disease
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 IIa
Type IIb
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?
Transverse abdominus and lumbar multifidus
Erector spinae and rectus abdominus
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’?
Peripheral nervous system
Central nervous system
What is the function of dendrites when talking about neurons?
Carries genetic information
Receive and process signals from the axons
Joins cell at specialist junction
What hormone increases levels of blood glucose?
Melatonin
Insulin
Thyroid
Glucagon
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