ISSA STRENGTH & CONDITIONING,
STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING
EXAM ISSA QUESTIONS & CORRECT
ANSWERS
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
The amount of blood pumped through the heart per minute - correct answer ✔✔Cardiac
output
Peripheral resistance - correct answer ✔✔The amount of resistance to blood flow in the
arteries.
Plasma makes up ____ percentage of blood volume - correct answer ✔✔55%
Right atrium receives deoxygenated blood from the body & moves it too - correct answer
✔✔The right Ventricle
Law of conservation of energy states that energy - correct answer ✔✔cannot be created or
destroyed
STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING
EXAM ISSA QUESTIONS & CORRECT
ANSWERS
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
The amount of blood pumped through the heart per minute - correct answer ✔✔Cardiac
output
Peripheral resistance - correct answer ✔✔The amount of resistance to blood flow in the
arteries.
Plasma makes up ____ percentage of blood volume - correct answer ✔✔55%
Right atrium receives deoxygenated blood from the body & moves it too - correct answer
✔✔The right Ventricle
Law of conservation of energy states that energy - correct answer ✔✔cannot be created or
destroyed
