Fitness Trainer (ISSA) Questions And Answers| UPDATED

Fitness Trainer (ISSA) Questions And Answers| UPDATED The human body consists of... - ANSWER Chemicals, tissues, and cells. Name the two phases that categorize metabolism. - ANSWER Catabolism and anabolism. What does BMR stand for? - ANSWER Basal metabolic rate. Which energy pathway does a 30 minute jog rely most heavily upon? - ANSWER Oxidative (aerobic). What is homeostasis? - ANSWER The body's automatic tendency to maintain a relatively constant internal environment. What percentage of the human body is composed of only six elements? - ANSWER 98 percent. Which six elements comprise about 98 percent of the human body? - ANSWER Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorous. The heart, arteries, and veins are part of what system in the body? - ANSWER Circulatory. The ATP/CP pathway is anaerobic or aerobic? - ANSWER Anaerobic. Non-oxidative glycolysis is reliable for up to how many minutes of ATP production? - ANSWER Two minutes. What is the primary fuel during endurance exercise? - ANSWER Fatty acids. Name three purposes of hormones. - ANSWER 1) Alter the rate of synthesis of cellular proteins. 2) Change the rate of enzyme activity. 3) Change the rate of transport of nutrients through the cell wall. What is the main purpose of the digestive system? - ANSWER The breakdown of foods and waste elimination. What are the three main purposes of the respiratory system? - ANSWER 1) To supply oxygen to the body. 2) To eliminate carbon dioxide in the body. 3) To regulate the body's pH balance. How many bones are in the average human adult skeleton? - ANSWER 206. How many bones are in the axial skeleton? - ANSWER 80. What type of joints permit a wide range of movement in ONE plane? - ANSWER Hinge joints. Tendons connect blank to blank. - ANSWER Muscle to bone. Tendons are extensions of blank fibers. - ANSWER Muscle fibers. What are the points of muscle attachment called? - ANSWER Insertion and origin. Is the origin the distal or proximal attachment of a muscle? - ANSWER Proximal. What are the sense organs that measure the strain in a muscle and can be used to pre-set the tension of muscles? - ANSWER Muscle spindles. Name the two overlapping strands of protein polymers that make up myofibrils. - ANSWER Actin and myosin. What is the byproduct of glucose and glycogen metabolism (glycolysis) in anaerobic muscle energetics? - ANSWER Lactic acid. Are Type I muscle fibers primarily used in aerobic or anaerobic exercise? - ANSWER Aerobic. Slow twitch muscle fibers are what type of muscle fiber? - ANSWER Type one. Name two cellular adaptations of cardiovascular exe