EXPH 369 STUDY GUIDE ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS
SET A+
what part of the neuromuscular system has specific functional characteristics -
✔✔nerves
✔✔what dictate the skeletal muscle phenotypes? - ✔✔nerves
✔✔what is required for complex functional movement patterns - ✔✔integration of nerve
activation with muscle contraction
✔✔which 3 steps of EC coupling are most likely responsive to exercise training? -
✔✔motor neuron activation pattern, calcium handling, and ATPase activity (cross bridge
cycling)
✔✔can a certain fiber type be induced to become another fiber type - ✔✔no
✔✔how are fiber types made most efficient? - ✔✔with power force and strength training
✔✔this motor neuron is small - ✔✔type I
✔✔this motor neuron is large and has intermediate force production - ✔✔type IIa
✔✔this motor neuron is large and has high force production - ✔✔type IIb
✔✔this motor neuron has slow nerve conduction, contraction speed, and relaxation
speed - ✔✔type I
✔✔these motor neurons have fast contraction speed, relaxation speed, and nerve
conduction velocity - ✔✔type IIa/b
✔✔this motor neuron has low power output - ✔✔type I
,✔✔this motor neuron has intermediate/high power output - ✔✔type IIa
✔✔this motor neuron has high power output - ✔✔type IIb
✔✔t/f: muscle fiber types properties can be changed while not completely
transitioning/changing the basic fiber type - ✔✔true
✔✔involvement of this fiber type is low during a 100m sprint - ✔✔I
✔✔involvement of this fiber type is high during a 100m sprint - ✔✔II
✔✔involvement of this fiber type is high during a 800m run and marathon - ✔✔I
✔✔involvement of this fiber type is low during a 800m run and marathon - ✔✔II
✔✔involvement of this fiber type is low during weightlifting - ✔✔I
✔✔involvement of this fiber type is high during weight lifting - ✔✔II
✔✔involvement of this fiber type is high during soccer, lax, boxing, tennis, and hockey -
✔✔I and II
✔✔involvement of this fiber type is low in a wide receiver - ✔✔I
✔✔involvement of this fiber type is high in wide recieveres - ✔✔II
✔✔involvement of this fiber type is low in a lineman - ✔✔I
✔✔involvement of this fiber type is high in a lineman - ✔✔II
✔✔involvement of this fiber type is is low in a basketball player - ✔✔I
✔✔involvement of this fiber type is high in a basketball player - ✔✔II
✔✔involvement of this fiber type is high in distance cycling - ✔✔I
✔✔involvement of this fiber type is low in distance cycling - ✔✔II
✔✔involvement of this fiber type is low in a baseball pitcher - ✔✔I
✔✔involvement of this fiber type is high in a baseball pitcher - ✔✔II
✔✔involvement of this fiber type is is low in field events - ✔✔I
, ✔✔involvement of this fiber type is high in field events - ✔✔II
✔✔is powerlifting considered power output training? - ✔✔no, it is training to be strong
✔✔does weightlifting or powerlifting have a higher power component? - ✔✔weightlifting
✔✔what makes weightlifting have a high power component compared to powerlifting -
✔✔higher movement velocities with heavy weights during WL movements
✔✔t/f someone who can deadlift 500lb is always powerful - ✔✔false, they are
considered strong
✔✔what variables reflect the ability to exert a force at a given velocity? - ✔✔strength
and power
✔✔is strregnth associated with slow or fast speeds - ✔✔slow
✔✔is power associated with low or high variables of movement? - ✔✔high
✔✔at max force, is speed slow or fast - ✔✔slow
✔✔the capacity to exert force at any given speed is known as what - ✔✔stregnth
✔✔what is strength measured in - ✔✔newtons, lb/kg
✔✔how fast an object is moving and the direction it is moving is known as what -
✔✔velocity
✔✔distance traveled divided by the time it takes to travel that distance is known as what
- ✔✔speed
✔✔what is expressed in meters/sec - ✔✔speed
✔✔the time or rate of doing work - ✔✔power
✔✔what is the product of force exerted on an object and the distance the object moves
in the direction the force is exerted - ✔✔work
✔✔work = - ✔✔force x displacment
✔✔what is loosely defined as "explosive strength? - ✔✔power
SET A+
what part of the neuromuscular system has specific functional characteristics -
✔✔nerves
✔✔what dictate the skeletal muscle phenotypes? - ✔✔nerves
✔✔what is required for complex functional movement patterns - ✔✔integration of nerve
activation with muscle contraction
✔✔which 3 steps of EC coupling are most likely responsive to exercise training? -
✔✔motor neuron activation pattern, calcium handling, and ATPase activity (cross bridge
cycling)
✔✔can a certain fiber type be induced to become another fiber type - ✔✔no
✔✔how are fiber types made most efficient? - ✔✔with power force and strength training
✔✔this motor neuron is small - ✔✔type I
✔✔this motor neuron is large and has intermediate force production - ✔✔type IIa
✔✔this motor neuron is large and has high force production - ✔✔type IIb
✔✔this motor neuron has slow nerve conduction, contraction speed, and relaxation
speed - ✔✔type I
✔✔these motor neurons have fast contraction speed, relaxation speed, and nerve
conduction velocity - ✔✔type IIa/b
✔✔this motor neuron has low power output - ✔✔type I
,✔✔this motor neuron has intermediate/high power output - ✔✔type IIa
✔✔this motor neuron has high power output - ✔✔type IIb
✔✔t/f: muscle fiber types properties can be changed while not completely
transitioning/changing the basic fiber type - ✔✔true
✔✔involvement of this fiber type is low during a 100m sprint - ✔✔I
✔✔involvement of this fiber type is high during a 100m sprint - ✔✔II
✔✔involvement of this fiber type is high during a 800m run and marathon - ✔✔I
✔✔involvement of this fiber type is low during a 800m run and marathon - ✔✔II
✔✔involvement of this fiber type is low during weightlifting - ✔✔I
✔✔involvement of this fiber type is high during weight lifting - ✔✔II
✔✔involvement of this fiber type is high during soccer, lax, boxing, tennis, and hockey -
✔✔I and II
✔✔involvement of this fiber type is low in a wide receiver - ✔✔I
✔✔involvement of this fiber type is high in wide recieveres - ✔✔II
✔✔involvement of this fiber type is low in a lineman - ✔✔I
✔✔involvement of this fiber type is high in a lineman - ✔✔II
✔✔involvement of this fiber type is is low in a basketball player - ✔✔I
✔✔involvement of this fiber type is high in a basketball player - ✔✔II
✔✔involvement of this fiber type is high in distance cycling - ✔✔I
✔✔involvement of this fiber type is low in distance cycling - ✔✔II
✔✔involvement of this fiber type is low in a baseball pitcher - ✔✔I
✔✔involvement of this fiber type is high in a baseball pitcher - ✔✔II
✔✔involvement of this fiber type is is low in field events - ✔✔I
, ✔✔involvement of this fiber type is high in field events - ✔✔II
✔✔is powerlifting considered power output training? - ✔✔no, it is training to be strong
✔✔does weightlifting or powerlifting have a higher power component? - ✔✔weightlifting
✔✔what makes weightlifting have a high power component compared to powerlifting -
✔✔higher movement velocities with heavy weights during WL movements
✔✔t/f someone who can deadlift 500lb is always powerful - ✔✔false, they are
considered strong
✔✔what variables reflect the ability to exert a force at a given velocity? - ✔✔strength
and power
✔✔is strregnth associated with slow or fast speeds - ✔✔slow
✔✔is power associated with low or high variables of movement? - ✔✔high
✔✔at max force, is speed slow or fast - ✔✔slow
✔✔the capacity to exert force at any given speed is known as what - ✔✔stregnth
✔✔what is strength measured in - ✔✔newtons, lb/kg
✔✔how fast an object is moving and the direction it is moving is known as what -
✔✔velocity
✔✔distance traveled divided by the time it takes to travel that distance is known as what
- ✔✔speed
✔✔what is expressed in meters/sec - ✔✔speed
✔✔the time or rate of doing work - ✔✔power
✔✔what is the product of force exerted on an object and the distance the object moves
in the direction the force is exerted - ✔✔work
✔✔work = - ✔✔force x displacment
✔✔what is loosely defined as "explosive strength? - ✔✔power
