ACE Group Fitness Verified Exam Questions and Answers
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ACE Group Fitness Verified Exam
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What are the five major functions of the cardiovascular system? - answer1. distributes
oxygen and nutrients to the cells
2. carries carbon dioxide and metabolic wastes from the cells
3. protects against disease
4. helps regulate body tempe...
ACE Group Fitness Verified Exam
Questions and Answers
What are the five major functions of the cardiovascular system? - answer✔✔1. distributes
oxygen and nutrients to the cells
2. carries carbon dioxide and metabolic wastes from the cells
3. protects against disease
4. helps regulate body temperature
5. prevents serious blood loss after injury through the formation of clots
What are the two components that make up blood? - answer✔✔1. Formed elements, which
include different types of living blood cells, including white blood cells, red blood cells, and
platelets
2. Plasma, the non-living liquid portion of blood. Plasma is about 92% water and 8% dissolved
solutes
How many chambers does that heart have? - answer✔✔There are four chambers: the right
atrium, the right ventricle, the left atrium and the left ventricle
What are the three major functions of the respiratory systems? - answer✔✔1. supplies oxygen
2. eliminates carbon dioxide
3. helps regulate the acid-base balance (pH) of the body
What are the three general phases of respiration? - answer✔✔1. External respiration is the
exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the atmosphere and the blood within the large
capillaries in the lungs
2. Internal respiration involves the exchange of those gases between the blood and the cells of
the body
3. Cellular respiration involves the utilization of oxygen and the production of carbon dioxide by
the metabolic activity of the cells
What are the major components of the central nervous system (CNS)? - answer✔✔The central
nervous system (CNS) is comprised of the brain and the spinal cord.
What are the major components of the peripheral nervous system? (PNS) - answer✔✔The
peripheral nervous system (PNS) is made up of nerves that connect extremities and their
receptors within the CNS
What are proprioceptors? - answer✔✔Somatic sensory receptors found in muscles, tendons,
ligaments, joint capsules, and skin that gather information about body position and the direction
of velocity of movement.
List the five important functions of bones - answer✔✔Bones provide...
1. protection for many vital organs, such as the heart, brain, and spinal cord
2. support for soft tissues so that erect posture and the form of the body can be maintained
3. a framework of levers to which muscles are attached
4. the red marrow of bone that is responsible for the production of certain blood cells
5. storage areas for calcium, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, and other minerals
What is Wolff's Law? - answer✔✔According to Wolff's Law, bone is capable of adjusting its
strength in proportion to the amount of stress placed on it.
List the five regions that make up the vertebral column. - answer✔✔Cervical vertebrae (7
vertebrae)
Thoracic vertebrae (12 vertebrae)
Lumbar vertebrae (5 vertebrae)
Sacrum (5 fused vertebrae)
Coccyx (4 fused vertebrae)
What are the three structural categories of joints in the body? - answer✔✔Fibrous
Cartilaginous
and synovial
What are the five distinguishing characteristics of synovial joints? - answer✔✔1. have a joint
cavity
2. a ligamentous joint capsule made of dense, fibrous connective tissue surrounds each joint
cavity.
3. the end of the bones in synovial joints are covered with a thin layer of articular cartilage.
4. the inner surface of the joint capsule is lined with a thin synovial membrane.
5. Synovial fluid acts as a lubricant for the joint, and provides nutrition to the articular cartilage.
What are the three types of human muscle tissue? - answer✔✔Cardiac
visceral (smooth)
and skeletal
Define the terms agonist, antagonist, and synergist. - answer✔✔An agonist is the muscle directly
responsible for observed movement; also called the prime mover.
An antagonist is the muscle that acts in opposition to the action of the agonist muscle.
A synergist is a muscle that aids another muscle in its action.
What are the four muscle compartments in the lower leg and the muscles associated with each
compartment? - answer✔✔Anterior compartment
Tibialis anterior
Extensor digitorum longus
Extensor hallucis longus
Lateral compartment
Peroneus longus
Peroneus brevis
Superficial posterior compartment
Soleus
Gastrocnemius
Popliteus
Plataris
What are the three muscles groups that cross the knee joint and the muscles associated with each
group? - answer✔✔Anterior compartment
(quadriceps femoris)
Rectus femoris
Vastus lateralis
Vastus intermedialis
Vastus medialis
Medial compartment
(pes anserine group)
sartorius
gracilis
What are the three muscle compartments that cross the hip joint and the muscles associated with
each compartment? - answer✔✔Anterior compartment
rectus femoris
psoas major
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