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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?

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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