QUESTIONS & ANSWERS(GRADED A)
Muscular, cardiopulmonary, and metabolic adaptions are know as the training effect - ANSWER True
The body's automatic tendency to maintain a constant internal body environment through various
processes is called - ANSWER homeostasis
BMR stands for - ANSWER Basal metabolic rate
Anabolism and catabolism occur at the same time throughout the body - ANSWER True
Which of the following statements are true - ANSWER A and C
A. a calorie is a unit of heat
C. the preferred unit metabolic studies and nutrition labels is the kilo-calorie (kcal)
The primary ( not the initial) fuel during endurance exercise is: - ANSWER fatty acids
The molecule used for storing and transferring energy in the body is called - ANSWER Adenosine
triphosphate (ATP)
The ATP/CP pathway is the primary pathway used for activities lasting two minutes or greater - ANSWER
False
About 98 percent of the human body is composed of only six elements; oxygen, carbon, hydrogen,
nitrogen, calcium and phosphorous - ANSWER True
The respiratory system is responsible for - ANSWER Supplying oxygen to the body
Eliminating carbon dioxide in the body
, Helps regulate pH balance
The cardiovascular system consists of - ANSWER Heart, arteries, veins
The nervous system is made up of the - ANSWER Peripheral nervous system
Central nervous system
Excretion is one function of the digestive system - ANSWER True
Hormones are classified as - ANSWER Steroids
Amino acid derivatives
Peptides
Hemoglobin is an oxygen transporting protein in red blood cells - ANSWER True
The main purpose of hormones is to - ANSWER Alter the rate of synthesis of your cellular protein
Change the rate of enzyme activity
Change the rate of transport of nutrients through the cell wall
Tendons connect bone to bone - ANSWER False
The average human adult skeleton has - ANSWER 206 bones
Tendons - ANSWER Are extensions of muscle fibers
Connect muscle to bone
The anatomical terms for front to back are - ANSWER Anterior and posterior
Type I muscle fibers are predominantly aerobic - ANSWER True
, Cardiovascular/ aerobic exercise results in - ANSWER Mitochondrial adaptions
Type II muscle fibers are entirely aerobic - ANSWER False
Muscle hypertrophy is a - ANSWER Increase in the muscle fiber size
In a concentric contraction, the muscle lengthens to produce movements - ANSWER false
kinesiology is - ANSWER the science or study of human movement, and the active and passive structures
involved
an isometric contraction is when: - ANSWER a muscle does not lengthen or shorten as it contracts
true synergy occurs when a muscle contracts to stop the secondary action of another muscle - ANSWER
true
an example of an antagonist muscle is: - ANSWER triceps during a biceps curl
adductioin is movement of a body part away from the mid-line of the body - ANSWER false
an example of flexion is the - ANSWER concentric action of a bicep curl
flexion mainly occurs in which plane - ANSWER sagittal plane
Newton's second law of motion deals with force and its relationship to mass and acceleration - ANSWER
true
Bio mechanics is the study of - ANSWER movement