ISSA CORRECTIVE EXERCISE
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM STUDY GUIDE
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
●● The ribcage is part of which skeleton?
Answer: Axial skeleton
●● How many vertebrae within the vertebral (spinal) column can move
independently?
Answer: 24
●● Movement between two adjacent vertebrae is made possible by
what?
Answer: Facet joints
●● Wolff's Law describes what?
Answer: The way bones can grow or shrink
●● New bone material is formed by what?
Answer: Osteoblasts
●● The strong connective tissue on the bottom of each foot is the:
,Answer: Plantar aponeurosis
●● During the lowering phase of a biceps curl, the elbow flexors are
performing which type of muscle action?
Answer: Eccentric action
●● According to Thomas Myers, how many categories of fascial lines
are in the human body?
Answer: 7
●● What are two types of sensory feedback that fascia can provide?
Answer: Proprioception and pain
●● Which of the following is not a function of skeletal muscle?
Answer: Recruitment actions
●● An eccentric muscle action occurs when:
Answer: The pulling force of a muscle is less than the resistance force
●● The primary roles of skeletal muscle are to:
Answer: Develop tension and move joints (Wrong)
●● From the anatomical position, a muscle's origin is the position:
,Answer: Closest to the head
●● What is the largest muscle in the human body?
Answer: Gluteus maximus
●● Which of the following is closest to the estimated number of muscles
in the human body?
Answer: 650
●● Skeletal muscle is a contractile tissue responsible for:
Answer: Both A and B
●● Skeletal muscle attaches to bone through a:
Answer: Tendon
●● What is the primary connective tissue that forms a tendon?
Answer: Type I collagen
●● Each bundle of skeletal muscle fibers, covered by a perimysium, is
called a:
Answer: Fascicle
●● During a biceps curl, the biceps brachii and brachialis muscle act as:
, Answer: Synergists
●● What is the primary function of a Golgi Tendon Organ?
Answer: Detect changes in muscle tension
●● Which of the following is not a function required for the
coordination of movement?
Answer: Motor control (Wrong)
●● What two types of cells make up the nervous system?
Answer: Neurons and glia
●● What is the "transmitter" portion of a neuron that relays a signal?
Answer: Axon
●● What is the "integrator" part of a neuron that determines if there's
enough information to create an action potential?
Answer: Cell body
●● What is the name of the area, typically between two neurons or a
neuron and gland, where electrical or chemical signals are transmitted?
Answer: Synapse
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM STUDY GUIDE
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
●● The ribcage is part of which skeleton?
Answer: Axial skeleton
●● How many vertebrae within the vertebral (spinal) column can move
independently?
Answer: 24
●● Movement between two adjacent vertebrae is made possible by
what?
Answer: Facet joints
●● Wolff's Law describes what?
Answer: The way bones can grow or shrink
●● New bone material is formed by what?
Answer: Osteoblasts
●● The strong connective tissue on the bottom of each foot is the:
,Answer: Plantar aponeurosis
●● During the lowering phase of a biceps curl, the elbow flexors are
performing which type of muscle action?
Answer: Eccentric action
●● According to Thomas Myers, how many categories of fascial lines
are in the human body?
Answer: 7
●● What are two types of sensory feedback that fascia can provide?
Answer: Proprioception and pain
●● Which of the following is not a function of skeletal muscle?
Answer: Recruitment actions
●● An eccentric muscle action occurs when:
Answer: The pulling force of a muscle is less than the resistance force
●● The primary roles of skeletal muscle are to:
Answer: Develop tension and move joints (Wrong)
●● From the anatomical position, a muscle's origin is the position:
,Answer: Closest to the head
●● What is the largest muscle in the human body?
Answer: Gluteus maximus
●● Which of the following is closest to the estimated number of muscles
in the human body?
Answer: 650
●● Skeletal muscle is a contractile tissue responsible for:
Answer: Both A and B
●● Skeletal muscle attaches to bone through a:
Answer: Tendon
●● What is the primary connective tissue that forms a tendon?
Answer: Type I collagen
●● Each bundle of skeletal muscle fibers, covered by a perimysium, is
called a:
Answer: Fascicle
●● During a biceps curl, the biceps brachii and brachialis muscle act as:
, Answer: Synergists
●● What is the primary function of a Golgi Tendon Organ?
Answer: Detect changes in muscle tension
●● Which of the following is not a function required for the
coordination of movement?
Answer: Motor control (Wrong)
●● What two types of cells make up the nervous system?
Answer: Neurons and glia
●● What is the "transmitter" portion of a neuron that relays a signal?
Answer: Axon
●● What is the "integrator" part of a neuron that determines if there's
enough information to create an action potential?
Answer: Cell body
●● What is the name of the area, typically between two neurons or a
neuron and gland, where electrical or chemical signals are transmitted?
Answer: Synapse
