Anatomy and physiology for exercise and health
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Which valve separates the right ventricle from the pulmonary artery?
Bicuspid valve
Tricuspid valve
Pulmonary 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?
Decrease in resting heart rate
Increase in systolic BP
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
Latissimus Dorsi
Deltoid
Biceps Brachii
Which plane of movement splits the body into anterior and posterior?
Sagittal
Frontal
Transverse
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?
Dynamic
Static
PNF
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
Receive and process signals from the axons
Carries genetic information
What hormone increases levels of blood glucose?
Glucagon
Insulin
Melatonin
Thyroid
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