Muscular, cardiopulmonary, and metabolic adaptations to exercise are known as the training effect. (T/F)
- correct answer ✔✔True
The body's automatic tendency to maintain a constant internal body environment through various
processes is called: - correct answer ✔✔Homeostasis
BMR stands for - correct answer ✔✔basal metabolic rate
Anabolism and catabolism occur at the same time throughout the body. (T/F) - correct answer ✔✔True
A calorie is a unit of heat. (T/F) - correct answer ✔✔True
The preferred unit in metabolic studies and nutrition labels is the kilocalorie (kcal). (T/F) - correct answer
✔✔True
The primary (not the 'initial') fuel during endurance exercise is: - correct answer ✔✔Fatty acids
The molecule used for storing and transferring energy in the body is called: - correct answer
✔✔Adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
The ATP/CP pathway is the primary pathway used for activities lasting two minutes or greater. (T/F) -
correct answer ✔✔False
About 98% of the human body is composed of only six elements: oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen,
calcium, and phosphorous. (T/F) - correct answer ✔✔True
The respiratory system is responsible for: - correct answer ✔✔- Supplying oxygen to the body
- Eliminating carbon dioxide in the body
,- Helps regulate the body's pH balance
The circulatory system consists of: - correct answer ✔✔Heart, arteries, and veins
The nervous system is made up of the: - correct answer ✔✔peripheral nervous system and central
nervous system
Excretion is one function of the digestive system. (T/F) - correct answer ✔✔True
, Type II muscle fibers are entirely aerobic. (T/F) - correct answer ✔✔False
Muscular hypertrophy is a(n): - correct answer ✔✔increase in muscle fiber size
In a concentric contraction, the muscle lengthens to produce movements. (T/F) - correct answer
✔✔False
Kinesiology is: - correct answer ✔✔The science or study of human movement, and the active and
passive structures involved
An isometric contraction is when: - correct answer ✔✔A muscle does not lengthen or shorten as it
contracts
True synergy occurs when a muscle contracts to stop the secondary action of another muscle. (T/F) -
correct answer ✔✔True
An example of an antagonist muscle is: - correct answer ✔✔Triceps during a biceps curl
Adduction is a movement of a body part away from the midline of the body. (T/F) - correct answer
✔✔False
An example of flexion is the: - correct answer ✔✔Concentric action of a bicep curl
Flexion mainly occurs in which plane? - correct answer ✔✔sagittal plane
Newton's second law of motion deals with force and its relationship to mass and acceleration. (T/F) -
correct answer ✔✔True
Biomechanics is the study of: - correct answer ✔✔movement
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