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?
Atherosclerosis
Arteriosclerosis
Coronary heart disease
Which of these is a short-term adaptation to blood pressure during exercise?
Increase in systolic BP
Cardiac hypertrophy
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
Biceps Brachii
Trapezius
Latissimus Dorsi
Which plane of movement splits the body into anterior and posterior?
Transverse
Frontal
Sagittal
Select one answer that gives two muscles that are described as ‘local' muscles offering core stability?
Erector spinae and rectus abdominus
Erector spinae and spinals
Transverse abdominus and lumbar multifidus
Which type of stretching offers the biggest increase in range of motion?
PNF
Static
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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