Muscles are attached to bones by tendons - Answers True
A motor nerve and all the fibers it controls is called a motor unit - Answers True
The energy required to drive the heart and respiratory muscles and to build and maintain body tissues
is known as the ________ - Answers resting energy expenditure
A muscle contraction that occurs as the muscle lengthens is referred to as a(n) ________ contraction -
Answers eccentric
A muscle contraction that occurs as the muscle shortens is referred to as ________ - Answers
concentric
Positive work is an alternative term for what? - Answers concentric muscle action
Muscles are attached to bones by ________ - Answers tendons
The downward phase of a biceps curl is an example of what type of muscle movement? - Answers
eccentric
The amount of movement possible at a joint is called the ________ - Answers range of motion
The point of contact between a motor nerve and an individual muscle cell is called the ________ -
Answers neuromuscular junction
Which of the following is a major muscle of the leg? - Answers vastus medialis
A muscle contraction that results in no movement of the body is referred to as a(n) ________
contraction - Answers isometric
Where is the sartorius muscle? - Answers in the upper thigh
The connective tissue that surrounds a bundle of muscle fibers is termed ________ - Answers fascia
A muscle contraction that results in movement of a body part with the same tension is called a(n)
________ contraction - Answers isotonic
Type I fibers can become more like ______________ fibers but not __________________ fibers -
Answers lla; llx
The muscle fiber that is pink in color is - Answers FiberType lla
The slow twitch fiber is red in color, this is due to ________________________ - Answers The large
amount of capillaries surrounding the muscle
Dark meat chicken has more __________________ while white meat chicken has more
_______________ - Answers Type l fibers; Type llx fibers
When someone is working at maximal intensity, you would expect fiber recruitment from
_____________ fiber type/s - Answers All three
You would expect a world class 100 meter sprinter to have more _____________________ than a
word class marathon runner - Answers Fast twitch fibers
Individuals with a predominance of fast-twitch muscle fibers are more susceptible to becoming obese
and developing diabetes - Answers True
Increasing the intensity causes more fiber types to be recruited - Answers True
During low-intensity exercise, only slow-twitch muscle fibers are recruited - Answers True
A muscle contraction that results in movement of a body part is referred to as a(n) ________
contraction - Answers isotonic
The process of involving more muscle fibers to produce increased muscle force is referred to as
________ - Answers recruitment
The primary determinant of how much force a muscle can generate is ________ - Answers muscle size
When performing the curl-up test, an individual follows a metronome set at ____________ bpm -
Answers 50
If more fibers are recruited then __________________ force can be generated - Answers more
One way to assess muscular strength is by the ________ - Answers one repetition max
Intensities ranging from 30% to 55%, _____________________ fibers are recruited - Answers only
type lla
During lower intensities, 1-20%, _____________ fibers are primarily recruited - Answers Type l
The two factors that influence muscular strength include ______________________ and
____________________ - Answers muscle size; fiber recruitment
On average, men's and women's initial response to resistance training ______________________ -
Answers does not differ