ISSA Strength &
Conditioning Final Exam
Study Questions and
Complete Solutions
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Denning [Date] [Course title]
,What is the neural circuitry that travels outside the spinal cord? - Answer: Peripheral nervous system
Which of the following is a sensory receptor within a muscle that detects changes in length and helps
regulate contraction? - Answer: Muscle spindle
Which of the following are branches of the cell body that act as receivers, collecting information from
other neurons? - Answer: Dendrites
A cascade of events, resulting in muscle contraction, is triggered when which of the following chemical
neurotransmitters binds to receptors on the muscle? - Answer: Acetylcholine
Which division of the peripheral nervous system controls voluntary movement? - Answer: Somatic
nervous system
Which type of motor unit can contract for many hours, or even days if necessary? - Answer: Slow (S) of
Motor Unit
Which type of motor unit has a large motor neuron and consists of a large bundle of type IIx muscle
fibers? - Answer: Fast fatigable (FF)
Voluntary movement starts in the - Answer: cerebral cortex
Which of the following is the process that allows a muscle spindle to contract at the same rate as the
muscle where it resides? - Answer: Alpha-gamma co-activation
How many nerves are contained within the peripheral nervous system, which includes all the neurons
and glia outside of the brain and spinal cord? - Answer: 43 pairs
The muscular system includes how many muscles? - Answer: Approximately 650
Which muscle fiber type are the largest, and produce the most amount of force? - Answer: Type IIx
, The cross-bridge cycle requires energy, which is provided by - Answer: ATP hydrolysis.
The function of epimysium is to - Answer: protect muscle from friction against other muscles or bone.
With regard to mitochondrial density, which muscle fiber type has a very small amount of mitochondria?
- Answer: Type IIx
Regarding the make-up of a person's muscle fiber ratio, which of the following is correct? - Answer: It
can't be changed to a large degree
It is currently theorized that training with heavy loads causes - Answer: equal growth of type I and type II
fibers.
Which of the following functions like girdles and guy wires to provide an interconnected structure? -
Answer: Fascia
Current research demonstrates what three possible mechanisms for inducing hypertrophy? - Answer:
Mechanical tension, metabolic stress, muscle damage
The functional units that can make a muscle shorten are: - Answer: Sarcomeres
Which of the following is found within the appendicular skeleton? - Answer: Bones of the upper and
lower extremities
Movement between two adjacent vertebrae is made possible by - Answer: Facet joints
Wolff's Law describes the way - Answer: the body responds by increasing or decreasing the bone's
diameter
In addition to being a barrier to pain, what important role does cartilage play? - Answer: Bone
development
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