Muscular System
Physical & Health Education · 50 practice questions
Major muscles of the body and their functions; isometric and isotonic contractions.
- Identify by name and location the major muscles in the human body.
- State the functions of major muscles.
- Differentiate between isometric and isotonic contractions.
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- Practice question 1
Resistance training specifically stimulates adaptations that increase a muscle's
- A.strength and size only temporarily, with no lasting adaptation possible
- B.a factor entirely unrelated to strength or size of any kind
- C.strength and size over time
- D.flexibility exclusively, with no effect on strength or size
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C. strength and size over time
Resistance training specifically stimulates adaptations that increase a muscle's strength and size over time.
- Practice question 2
Muscle fibre types specifically include both slow-twitch fibres, suited to endurance, and
- A.fast-twitch fibres, suited to power
- B.fibres identical in every respect to slow-twitch fibres, with no distinction
- C.no other fibre type of any kind, since only slow-twitch fibres actually exist
- D.a factor entirely unrelated to muscle fibre type classification
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A. fast-twitch fibres, suited to power
Muscle fibre types specifically include both slow-twitch fibres for endurance and fast-twitch fibres for power.
- Practice question 3
The biceps brachii muscle is specifically located at the front of the upper arm and functions to
- A.plantar flex the foot, rather than affect the forearm at all
- B.flex the forearm
- C.extend the forearm, rather than flex it
- D.a function entirely unrelated to the arm or forearm
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B. flex the forearm
The biceps brachii is specifically located at the front of the upper arm and functions to flex the forearm.
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