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ISSA Strength & Conditioning Final Exam Q&A 2026
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1. What is the neural circuitry that travels outside the Peripheral nervous system
spinal cord?
2. Which of the following is a sensory receptor within Muscle spindle
a muscle that detects changes in length and helps
regulate contraction?
3. Which of the following are branches of the cell body Dendrites
that act as receivers, collecting information from oth-
er neurons?
4. A cascade of events, resulting in muscle contraction, is Acetylcholine
triggered when which of the following chemical neu-
rotransmitters binds to receptors on the muscle?
5. Which division of the peripheral nervous system con- Somatic nervous system
trols voluntary movement?
6. Which type of motor unit can contract for many hours, Slow (S) of Motor Unit
or even days if necessary?
7. Which type of motor unit has a large motor neuron Fast fatigable (FF)
and consists of a large bundle of type IIx muscle
fibers?
8. Voluntary movement starts in the cerebral cortex
9. Which of the following is the process that allows a Alpha-gamma co-activa-
muscle spindle to contract at the same rate as the tion
muscle where it resides?
10. How many nerves are contained within the peripheral 43 pairs
nervous system, which includes all the neurons and
glia outside of the brain and spinal cord?
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11. The muscular system includes how many muscles? Approximately 650
12. Which muscle fiber type are the largest, and produce Type IIx
the most amount of force?
13. The cross-bridge cycle requires energy, which is pro- ATP hydrolysis.
vided by
14. The function of epimysium is to protect muscle from fric-
tion against other muscles
or bone.
15. With regard to mitochondrial density, which muscle Type IIx
fiber type has a very small amount of mitochondria?
16. Regarding the make-up of a person's muscle fiber It can't be changed to a
ratio, which of the following is correct? large degree
17. It is currently theorized that training with heavy loads equal growth of type I and
causes type II fibers.
18. Which of the following functions like girdles and guy Fascia
wires to provide an interconnected structure?
19. Current research demonstrates what three possible Mechanical tension,
mechanisms for inducing hypertrophy? metabolic stress, muscle
damage
20. The functional units that can make a muscle shorten Sarcomeres
are:
21. Which of the following is found within the appendicu- Bones of the upper and
lar skeleton? lower extremities
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22. Movement between two adjacent vertebrae is made Facet joints
possible by
23. Wolff's Law describes the way the body responds by in-
creasing or decreasing the
bone's diameter
24. In addition to being a barrier to pain, what important Bone development
role does cartilage play?
25. Which of the following are mature bone cells that Osteocytes
maintain a bone's matrix?
26. Bone-on-bone contact that results in joint pain and osteoarthritis
stiffness from a loss of articular cartilage is
27. Elastin, an important elastic protein found in all con- regain their original shape
nective tissues, allows those tissues to after being stretched out
28. Which of the following terms refers to the main part diaphysis
or the shaft of a long bone?
29. The frontal plane is an imaginary plane that divides Anterior and Posterior
the body into which of the following segments?
30. The angle that a joint rotates around its axis is referred the direction of rotation
to as
31. What term describes the smallest blood vessels in the capillaries
human body?
32. What has been found to truly help create more mus- bracing effect of a tight
cular support when performing an intense exercise or core
lift?
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ISSA Strength & Conditioning Final Exam Q&A 2026
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_bwhkzn
1. What is the neural circuitry that travels outside the Peripheral nervous system
spinal cord?
2. Which of the following is a sensory receptor within Muscle spindle
a muscle that detects changes in length and helps
regulate contraction?
3. Which of the following are branches of the cell body Dendrites
that act as receivers, collecting information from oth-
er neurons?
4. A cascade of events, resulting in muscle contraction, is Acetylcholine
triggered when which of the following chemical neu-
rotransmitters binds to receptors on the muscle?
5. Which division of the peripheral nervous system con- Somatic nervous system
trols voluntary movement?
6. Which type of motor unit can contract for many hours, Slow (S) of Motor Unit
or even days if necessary?
7. Which type of motor unit has a large motor neuron Fast fatigable (FF)
and consists of a large bundle of type IIx muscle
fibers?
8. Voluntary movement starts in the cerebral cortex
9. Which of the following is the process that allows a Alpha-gamma co-activa-
muscle spindle to contract at the same rate as the tion
muscle where it resides?
10. How many nerves are contained within the peripheral 43 pairs
nervous system, which includes all the neurons and
glia outside of the brain and spinal cord?
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11. The muscular system includes how many muscles? Approximately 650
12. Which muscle fiber type are the largest, and produce Type IIx
the most amount of force?
13. The cross-bridge cycle requires energy, which is pro- ATP hydrolysis.
vided by
14. The function of epimysium is to protect muscle from fric-
tion against other muscles
or bone.
15. With regard to mitochondrial density, which muscle Type IIx
fiber type has a very small amount of mitochondria?
16. Regarding the make-up of a person's muscle fiber It can't be changed to a
ratio, which of the following is correct? large degree
17. It is currently theorized that training with heavy loads equal growth of type I and
causes type II fibers.
18. Which of the following functions like girdles and guy Fascia
wires to provide an interconnected structure?
19. Current research demonstrates what three possible Mechanical tension,
mechanisms for inducing hypertrophy? metabolic stress, muscle
damage
20. The functional units that can make a muscle shorten Sarcomeres
are:
21. Which of the following is found within the appendicu- Bones of the upper and
lar skeleton? lower extremities
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22. Movement between two adjacent vertebrae is made Facet joints
possible by
23. Wolff's Law describes the way the body responds by in-
creasing or decreasing the
bone's diameter
24. In addition to being a barrier to pain, what important Bone development
role does cartilage play?
25. Which of the following are mature bone cells that Osteocytes
maintain a bone's matrix?
26. Bone-on-bone contact that results in joint pain and osteoarthritis
stiffness from a loss of articular cartilage is
27. Elastin, an important elastic protein found in all con- regain their original shape
nective tissues, allows those tissues to after being stretched out
28. Which of the following terms refers to the main part diaphysis
or the shaft of a long bone?
29. The frontal plane is an imaginary plane that divides Anterior and Posterior
the body into which of the following segments?
30. The angle that a joint rotates around its axis is referred the direction of rotation
to as
31. What term describes the smallest blood vessels in the capillaries
human body?
32. What has been found to truly help create more mus- bracing effect of a tight
cular support when performing an intense exercise or core
lift?
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