ISSA STRENGTH & CONDITIONING
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1. Q: What is the neural circuitry that travels outside the spinal cord
Answer Peripheral nervous system (the correct answer)
2. Q: Which of the following is a sensory receptor within a muscle that detects
changes in length and helps regulate contraction
Answer Muscle spindle (the correct answer)
3. Q: Which of the following are branches of the cell body that act as receivers,
collecting information from other neurons
Answer Dendrites (the correct answer)
4. Q: A cascade of events, resulting in muscle contraction, is triggered when
which of the following chemical neurotransmitters binds to receptors on the
muscle
Answer Acetylcholine (the correct answer)
5. Q: Which division of the peripheral nervous system controls voluntary move-
ment
,Answer Somatic nervous system (the correct answer)
6. Q: Which type of motor unit can contract for many hours, or even days if
necessary
Answer Slow (S) of Motor Unit (the correct answer)
7. Q: Which type of motor unit has a large motor neuron and consists of a large
bundle of type IIx muscle fibers
Answer Fast fatigable (FF) (the correct answer)
8. Q: Voluntary movement starts in the:
Answer cerebral cortex. (the correct answer)
9. Q: Which of the following is the process that allows a muscle spindle to
contract at the same rate as the muscle where it resides
Answer Alpha-gamma co-activation (the correct answer)
10. Q: How many nerves are contained within the peripheral nervous
system, which includes all the neurons and glia outside of the brain and spinal
cord
Answer 43 pairs (the correct answer)
,11. Q: The muscular system includes how many muscles
Answer Approximately 650 (the correct answer)
12. Q: Which muscle fiber type are the largest, and produce the most
amount of force
Answer Type IIx (the correct answer)
13. Q: The cross-bridge cycle requires energy, which is provided by:
Answer ATP hydrolysis. (the
correct answer)
14. Q: The function of epimysium is to:
Answer protect muscle from friction against other muscles or bone. (the correct answer)
15. Q: With regard to mitochondrial density, which muscle fiber type has
a very small amount of mitochondria
Answer Type IIx (the correct answer)
16. Q: Regarding the make-up of a person's muscle fiber ratio, which of
the following is correct
Answer It can't be changed to a large degree (the correct answer)
, 17. Q: It is currently theorized that training with heavy loads causes:
Answer equal growth of
type I and type II fibers. (the correct answer)
18. Q: Which of the following functions like girdles and guy wires to
provide an interconnected structure
Answer Fascia (the correct answer)
19. Q: Current research demonstrates what three possible mechanisms for
in- ducing hypertrophy
Answer Mechanical tension, metabolic stress, muscle damage (the correct answer)
20. Q: The functional units that can make a muscle shorten are::
Answer Sarcomeres (the correct
answer)
21. Q: Which of the following is found within the appendicular skeleton
Answer Bones of the upper and lower extremities (the correct answer)
22. Q: Movement between two adjacent vertebrae is made possible by:
Answer facet joints. (the correct answer)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1. Q: What is the neural circuitry that travels outside the spinal cord
Answer Peripheral nervous system (the correct answer)
2. Q: Which of the following is a sensory receptor within a muscle that detects
changes in length and helps regulate contraction
Answer Muscle spindle (the correct answer)
3. Q: Which of the following are branches of the cell body that act as receivers,
collecting information from other neurons
Answer Dendrites (the correct answer)
4. Q: A cascade of events, resulting in muscle contraction, is triggered when
which of the following chemical neurotransmitters binds to receptors on the
muscle
Answer Acetylcholine (the correct answer)
5. Q: Which division of the peripheral nervous system controls voluntary move-
ment
,Answer Somatic nervous system (the correct answer)
6. Q: Which type of motor unit can contract for many hours, or even days if
necessary
Answer Slow (S) of Motor Unit (the correct answer)
7. Q: Which type of motor unit has a large motor neuron and consists of a large
bundle of type IIx muscle fibers
Answer Fast fatigable (FF) (the correct answer)
8. Q: Voluntary movement starts in the:
Answer cerebral cortex. (the correct answer)
9. Q: Which of the following is the process that allows a muscle spindle to
contract at the same rate as the muscle where it resides
Answer Alpha-gamma co-activation (the correct answer)
10. Q: How many nerves are contained within the peripheral nervous
system, which includes all the neurons and glia outside of the brain and spinal
cord
Answer 43 pairs (the correct answer)
,11. Q: The muscular system includes how many muscles
Answer Approximately 650 (the correct answer)
12. Q: Which muscle fiber type are the largest, and produce the most
amount of force
Answer Type IIx (the correct answer)
13. Q: The cross-bridge cycle requires energy, which is provided by:
Answer ATP hydrolysis. (the
correct answer)
14. Q: The function of epimysium is to:
Answer protect muscle from friction against other muscles or bone. (the correct answer)
15. Q: With regard to mitochondrial density, which muscle fiber type has
a very small amount of mitochondria
Answer Type IIx (the correct answer)
16. Q: Regarding the make-up of a person's muscle fiber ratio, which of
the following is correct
Answer It can't be changed to a large degree (the correct answer)
, 17. Q: It is currently theorized that training with heavy loads causes:
Answer equal growth of
type I and type II fibers. (the correct answer)
18. Q: Which of the following functions like girdles and guy wires to
provide an interconnected structure
Answer Fascia (the correct answer)
19. Q: Current research demonstrates what three possible mechanisms for
in- ducing hypertrophy
Answer Mechanical tension, metabolic stress, muscle damage (the correct answer)
20. Q: The functional units that can make a muscle shorten are::
Answer Sarcomeres (the correct
answer)
21. Q: Which of the following is found within the appendicular skeleton
Answer Bones of the upper and lower extremities (the correct answer)
22. Q: Movement between two adjacent vertebrae is made possible by:
Answer facet joints. (the correct answer)
