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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