STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING ISSA EXAM | QUESTIONS AND
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Neural Circuitry that travels outside the spinal cord - CORRECT ANSWER -
Peripheral nervous system
A sensory receptor within a muscle that detects changes in length and helps
regulate contraction - CORRECT ANSWER - Muscle Spindle
Branches of the cell body that act as receivers, collecting information from other
neurons - CORRECT ANSWER - Dendrites
Muscle contraction is triggered when the following chemical neurotransmitters
binds to receptors on the muscle - CORRECT ANSWER - acetylcholine
Division of the peripheral nervous system controls voluntary movement -
CORRECT ANSWER - somatic nervous system
Type of motor unit can contract for many hours - CORRECT ANSWER - Slow of
Motor Unit
Type of motor unit has a large motor neuron & consists of a large bundle of type
IIx muscle fibers - CORRECT ANSWER - Fast Fatiguable (FF)
Voluntary movement starts in - CORRECT ANSWER - Cerebral Cortex
,The process that allows a muscle spindle to contract at the same rate as the muscle
where it resides - CORRECT ANSWER - Alpha-gamma Co-activation
How many nerves are contained within the peripheral nervous system -
CORRECT ANSWER - 43 Pairs
The muscular system includes how many muscles - CORRECT ANSWER -
approximately 650
Muscle fiber type that's the largest & produce the most amount of force -
CORRECT ANSWER - Type IIx
Cross-bridge cycle requires energy, which is provided by - CORRECT ANSWER
- ATP hydrolysis
The function of epimysium is too - CORRECT ANSWER - Protect muscle from
friction against other muscles or bone.
Muscle fiber type has a very small amount of mitochondria - CORRECT
ANSWER - Type IIx
Make-up of a person's muscle fiber ratio - CORRECT ANSWER - It can't be
changed to a large degree
Training with heavy loads causes - CORRECT ANSWER - Equal growth of type
I and type II fibers
,Functions like girdles & guy wires to provide an interconnected structure -
CORRECT ANSWER - Fascia
Three possible mechanisms for inducing hypertrophy - CORRECT ANSWER -
Mechanical tension, metabolic stress, muscle damage
functional units that can make a muscle shorten - CORRECT ANSWER -
Sarcomere
Found within the appendicular skeleton - CORRECT ANSWER - Bones of the
upper & lower extremities
Movement between 2 adjacent vertebrae is made possible by - CORRECT
ANSWER - Facet Joints
Wolff's Law - CORRECT ANSWER - The body responds by increasing or
decreasing the bone's diameter
Cartilage plays important rolls such as - CORRECT ANSWER - Bone
development
Mature bone cells that maintain a bone's matrix - CORRECT ANSWER -
Osteocytes
Bone on bone contact that results in joint pain - CORRECT ANSWER -
osteoarthritis
, Elastin allows tissues too - CORRECT ANSWER - regain their original shape
after being stretched
The main part or shaft of a long bone - CORRECT ANSWER - Diaphysis
Frontal plane is an imaginary plane that divides the body into - CORRECT
ANSWER - Anterior & posterior
Angle that a joint rotates around its axis - CORRECT ANSWER - The direction
of rotation
The smallest blood vessel - CORRECT ANSWER - Capillaries
Create more muscular support when performing an intense exercise - CORRECT
ANSWER - Bracing effect of a tight core
Largest lymphatic organ in the human body - CORRECT ANSWER - Spleen
One of the main functions of the respiratory system - CORRECT ANSWER -
removal of waste products of metabolism
Normal amount of air displaced between inhalation & exhalation - CORRECT
ANSWER - Tidal Volume
Major glands of he endocrine system - CORRECT ANSWER - Hypothalamus
ANSWERS | VERIFIED ANSWERS (100% CORRECT) | LATEST EXAM
UPDATE
Neural Circuitry that travels outside the spinal cord - CORRECT ANSWER -
Peripheral nervous system
A sensory receptor within a muscle that detects changes in length and helps
regulate contraction - CORRECT ANSWER - Muscle Spindle
Branches of the cell body that act as receivers, collecting information from other
neurons - CORRECT ANSWER - Dendrites
Muscle contraction is triggered when the following chemical neurotransmitters
binds to receptors on the muscle - CORRECT ANSWER - acetylcholine
Division of the peripheral nervous system controls voluntary movement -
CORRECT ANSWER - somatic nervous system
Type of motor unit can contract for many hours - CORRECT ANSWER - Slow of
Motor Unit
Type of motor unit has a large motor neuron & consists of a large bundle of type
IIx muscle fibers - CORRECT ANSWER - Fast Fatiguable (FF)
Voluntary movement starts in - CORRECT ANSWER - Cerebral Cortex
,The process that allows a muscle spindle to contract at the same rate as the muscle
where it resides - CORRECT ANSWER - Alpha-gamma Co-activation
How many nerves are contained within the peripheral nervous system -
CORRECT ANSWER - 43 Pairs
The muscular system includes how many muscles - CORRECT ANSWER -
approximately 650
Muscle fiber type that's the largest & produce the most amount of force -
CORRECT ANSWER - Type IIx
Cross-bridge cycle requires energy, which is provided by - CORRECT ANSWER
- ATP hydrolysis
The function of epimysium is too - CORRECT ANSWER - Protect muscle from
friction against other muscles or bone.
Muscle fiber type has a very small amount of mitochondria - CORRECT
ANSWER - Type IIx
Make-up of a person's muscle fiber ratio - CORRECT ANSWER - It can't be
changed to a large degree
Training with heavy loads causes - CORRECT ANSWER - Equal growth of type
I and type II fibers
,Functions like girdles & guy wires to provide an interconnected structure -
CORRECT ANSWER - Fascia
Three possible mechanisms for inducing hypertrophy - CORRECT ANSWER -
Mechanical tension, metabolic stress, muscle damage
functional units that can make a muscle shorten - CORRECT ANSWER -
Sarcomere
Found within the appendicular skeleton - CORRECT ANSWER - Bones of the
upper & lower extremities
Movement between 2 adjacent vertebrae is made possible by - CORRECT
ANSWER - Facet Joints
Wolff's Law - CORRECT ANSWER - The body responds by increasing or
decreasing the bone's diameter
Cartilage plays important rolls such as - CORRECT ANSWER - Bone
development
Mature bone cells that maintain a bone's matrix - CORRECT ANSWER -
Osteocytes
Bone on bone contact that results in joint pain - CORRECT ANSWER -
osteoarthritis
, Elastin allows tissues too - CORRECT ANSWER - regain their original shape
after being stretched
The main part or shaft of a long bone - CORRECT ANSWER - Diaphysis
Frontal plane is an imaginary plane that divides the body into - CORRECT
ANSWER - Anterior & posterior
Angle that a joint rotates around its axis - CORRECT ANSWER - The direction
of rotation
The smallest blood vessel - CORRECT ANSWER - Capillaries
Create more muscular support when performing an intense exercise - CORRECT
ANSWER - Bracing effect of a tight core
Largest lymphatic organ in the human body - CORRECT ANSWER - Spleen
One of the main functions of the respiratory system - CORRECT ANSWER -
removal of waste products of metabolism
Normal amount of air displaced between inhalation & exhalation - CORRECT
ANSWER - Tidal Volume
Major glands of he endocrine system - CORRECT ANSWER - Hypothalamus
