Corrective Exercise Specialist Final Exam
with Correct Solutions
How many bones are in the human body?
a. 287
b. 147
c. 206
d. 306 - Answer -c. 206
The ribcage is part of which skeleton?
a. Trunk skeleton
b. Axial skeleton
c. Appendicular skeleton
d. b and c - Answer -b. axial skeleton
How many vertebrae within the vertebral (spinal) column can move independently?
a. 24
b. 27
c. 33
d. 31 - Answer -a. 24
Movement between two adjacent vertebrae is made possible by what?
a. facet joints
b. vertebral discs
c. spinous processes
d. transverse processes - Answer -a. facet joints
Wolff's Law describes what?
a. the way bones break under pressure
,b. the way bones can grow or shrink
c. the way bones can lengthen
d. the way bones remain unchanged - Answer -b. the way bones can grow or shrink
New bone material is formed by what?
a. osteoclasts
b. osteocytes
c. osteoblasts
d. none of the above - Answer -c. osteoblasts
The strong connective tissue on the bottom of each foot is the:
a. plantaris
b. Plantar aponeurosis
c. plantar fascitis
d. achilles tendom - Answer -b. Plantar aponeurosis
During the lowering phase of a biceps curl, the elbow flexors are performing which type of muscle
action?
a. eccentric action
b. concentric action
c. isometric action
d. force-coupling - Answer -a. eccentric action
According to Thomas Myers, how many categories of fascial lines are in the human body?
a. 6
b. 7
c. 8
d. 5 - Answer -b. 7
What are two types of sensory feedback that fascia can provide?
a. proprioception and pain
,b. proprioception and temperature
c. pain and temperature
d. proprioception and reflexes - Answer -a. proprioception and pain
Which of the following is not a function of skeletal muscle?
a. synergistic actions
b. agonist action
c. recruitment actions
d. antagonist actions - Answer -c. recruitment actions
An eccentric muscle action occurs when:
a. the pulling force of a muscle is greater than the resistance force
b. the pulling force of a muscle is less than the resistance force
c. the pulling force of a muscle is equal to the resistance force
d. the pulling force of a muscle is greater than the force of gravity - Answer -b. the pulling force of a
muscle is less than the resistance force
The primary roles of skeletal muscles are to:
a. contract and apply force to bones
b. develop tension and move joints
c. contract and move joints
d. develop tension and apply force to bones - Answer -c. contract and move joints
From the anatomical position, a muscle's origin is the position:
a. closest to the head
b. closest to the feet
c. furthest from the trunk
d. closest to the hands - Answer -a. closest to the head
What is the largest muscle in the human body?
a. latissimus dorsi
, b. vastus intermedius
c. gluteus maximus
d. pectoralis major - Answer -c. gluteus maximus
Which of the following is closest to the estimated number of muscles in the human body?
a. 550
b. 480
c. 650
d. 905` - Answer -c. 650
Skeletal muscle is a contractile tissue responsible for:
a. voluntary actions
b. reflex actions
c. cardiac muscle actions
d. both a and b - Answer -d. both a and b
Skeletal muscle attaches to bone through a:
a. tendon
b. ligament
c. joint capsule
d. both a and b - Answer -a. tendon
What is the primary connective tissue that forms a tendon?
a. type I collagen
b. type III collagen
c. type II collagen
d. type X collagen - Answer -a. type I collagen
Each bundle of skeletal muscle fibers, covered by a perimysium, is called a:
a. myofibrils
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How many bones are in the human body?
a. 287
b. 147
c. 206
d. 306 - Answer -c. 206
The ribcage is part of which skeleton?
a. Trunk skeleton
b. Axial skeleton
c. Appendicular skeleton
d. b and c - Answer -b. axial skeleton
How many vertebrae within the vertebral (spinal) column can move independently?
a. 24
b. 27
c. 33
d. 31 - Answer -a. 24
Movement between two adjacent vertebrae is made possible by what?
a. facet joints
b. vertebral discs
c. spinous processes
d. transverse processes - Answer -a. facet joints
Wolff's Law describes what?
a. the way bones break under pressure
,b. the way bones can grow or shrink
c. the way bones can lengthen
d. the way bones remain unchanged - Answer -b. the way bones can grow or shrink
New bone material is formed by what?
a. osteoclasts
b. osteocytes
c. osteoblasts
d. none of the above - Answer -c. osteoblasts
The strong connective tissue on the bottom of each foot is the:
a. plantaris
b. Plantar aponeurosis
c. plantar fascitis
d. achilles tendom - Answer -b. Plantar aponeurosis
During the lowering phase of a biceps curl, the elbow flexors are performing which type of muscle
action?
a. eccentric action
b. concentric action
c. isometric action
d. force-coupling - Answer -a. eccentric action
According to Thomas Myers, how many categories of fascial lines are in the human body?
a. 6
b. 7
c. 8
d. 5 - Answer -b. 7
What are two types of sensory feedback that fascia can provide?
a. proprioception and pain
,b. proprioception and temperature
c. pain and temperature
d. proprioception and reflexes - Answer -a. proprioception and pain
Which of the following is not a function of skeletal muscle?
a. synergistic actions
b. agonist action
c. recruitment actions
d. antagonist actions - Answer -c. recruitment actions
An eccentric muscle action occurs when:
a. the pulling force of a muscle is greater than the resistance force
b. the pulling force of a muscle is less than the resistance force
c. the pulling force of a muscle is equal to the resistance force
d. the pulling force of a muscle is greater than the force of gravity - Answer -b. the pulling force of a
muscle is less than the resistance force
The primary roles of skeletal muscles are to:
a. contract and apply force to bones
b. develop tension and move joints
c. contract and move joints
d. develop tension and apply force to bones - Answer -c. contract and move joints
From the anatomical position, a muscle's origin is the position:
a. closest to the head
b. closest to the feet
c. furthest from the trunk
d. closest to the hands - Answer -a. closest to the head
What is the largest muscle in the human body?
a. latissimus dorsi
, b. vastus intermedius
c. gluteus maximus
d. pectoralis major - Answer -c. gluteus maximus
Which of the following is closest to the estimated number of muscles in the human body?
a. 550
b. 480
c. 650
d. 905` - Answer -c. 650
Skeletal muscle is a contractile tissue responsible for:
a. voluntary actions
b. reflex actions
c. cardiac muscle actions
d. both a and b - Answer -d. both a and b
Skeletal muscle attaches to bone through a:
a. tendon
b. ligament
c. joint capsule
d. both a and b - Answer -a. tendon
What is the primary connective tissue that forms a tendon?
a. type I collagen
b. type III collagen
c. type II collagen
d. type X collagen - Answer -a. type I collagen
Each bundle of skeletal muscle fibers, covered by a perimysium, is called a:
a. myofibrils
