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How many bones are in the human body? - correct answer ✔ 206
The rib cage is part of which skeleton? - correct answer ✔ Axial Skeleton
How many vertebrae within the vertebral column can move independently? -
correct answer ✔ 24
Movement between two adjacent vertebrae is made possible by what? - correct
answer ✔ Facet Joints
Wolffs law describes what? - correct answer ✔ The way bones can grow or shrink
New bone material is formed by what? - correct answer ✔ Osteoblasts
The strong connective tissue on the bottom of each foot is the: - correct answer ✔
Plantar Aponeurosis
During the lowering phase of a biceps curl, the elbow flexors are performing
which type of muscle action? - correct answer ✔ Eccentric action
According to Thomas Myers, how many categories a fascial lines are in the human
body? - correct answer ✔ Seven
What are two types of sensory feedback that fascia can provide? - correct answer
✔ Proprioception and pain
Which of the following is not a function of skeletal muscle? - correct answer ✔
Recruitment actions
An eccentric muscle action occurs when? - correct answer ✔ The pulling force of
a muscle is less than the resistance force
The primary roles of skeletal muscle are to? - correct answer ✔ Contract and
apply force to bones
From the anatomical position, muscles origin is the position? - correct answer ✔
Closest to the head
What is the largest muscle in the human body? - correct answer ✔ Gluteus
maximus
Which of the following is closest to the estimated number of muscles in the
human body? - correct answer ✔ 650
Skeletal muscle is a contractile tissue responsible for? - correct answer ✔
Voluntary actions and reflex actions
Skeletal muscle attaches to bone through a? - correct answer ✔ Tendon
What is the primary connective tissue that forms a tendon? - correct answer ✔
Type 1 collagen
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Each bundle of skeletal muscle fibers, covered by a perimysium, is called a? -
correct answer ✔ Fascicle
During a biceps curl, the biceps brachii and brachialis muscle act as? - correct
answer ✔ Synergists
What is the primary function of a Golgi Tendon Organ - correct answer ✔ Detect
changes in muscle tension
Which of the following is not a function required for the coordination of
movement? - correct answer ✔ Motivation
What two types of cells make up the nervous system? - correct answer ✔
Neurons and Glia
What is the "transmitter" portion of a neuron that relays a signal? - correct
answer ✔ Axon
What is the "integrator" part of a neuron that determines if there's enough
information to create an action potential? - correct answer ✔ Cell Body
What is the name of the area, typically between two neurons or a neuron and
gland, where electrical or chemical signals are transmitted? - correct answer ✔
Synapse
Which division of the peripheral nervous system is responsible for producing
voluntary movements? - correct answer ✔ Somatic Nervous System
What structural component of white matter gives it a whitish appearance? -
correct answer ✔ Myelin
Where does the spinal cord end? - correct answer ✔ L1-L2
Which type of nerve only carries information away from the spinal cord to
innervate muscle? - correct answer ✔ Motor Nerve
How many pairs of spinal nerves connect to the spinal cord? - correct answer ✔
31
What is the name of the cluster of cell bodies, from lower motor neurons, that are
contained within the spinal cord? - correct answer ✔ Motor Neuron Pool
Sensory information is carried within: - correct answer ✔ Ascending tracts
What is a primary function of interneurons during movement? - correct answer ✔
Integrate lower motor neuron activity
Descending tracts originate from what two areas of the brain? - correct answer ✔
Motor cortex and brainstem
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When a muscle is quickly stretched, which of the following receptors is activated?
- correct answer ✔ Golgi tendon Organ
The brain's ability to change its structure and function is known as: - correct
answer ✔ Neuroplasticity
Which of the following is not a function of the basal ganglia? - correct answer ✔
Inhibit lower motor neurons
An important component of sleep is to: - correct answer ✔ Allow CSF to flush out
waste
Which of the following is not a function of the cerebellum? - correct answer ✔
Directly control lower motor neurons
The reference point for all locations within the human body is known as the -
correct answer ✔ Anatomical Position
Which term describes a position that's toward the top of the head? - correct
answer ✔ Cranial
Which term describes a position that's close to the trunk? - correct answer ✔
Proximal
Which plane divides the body into left and right segments and is associated with
flexion and extension movements? - correct answer ✔ Sagittal
Hip abduction and adduction occur in which plane? - correct answer ✔ Frontal
Throwing a baseball is which type of motion? - correct answer ✔ Multiplanar
Movement of a limb in a specific direction is referred to as its: - correct answer ✔
Direction of rotation
When lifting free weights, the direction of resistance is always: - correct answer ✔
Straight down to the earth
When using a cable or exercise band, the direction of resistance is always: -
correct answer ✔ In the direction the cable or band is pulling
Which of the following movements is not associated with the cervical spine? -
correct answer ✔ Horizontal adduction
How many different movements can the shoulder girdle perform? - correct
answer ✔ 14
What is the primary disadvantage of the bony structures that form the
glenohumeral joint? - correct answer ✔ It is inherently unstable
Which of the following is not an external rotator of the glenohumeral joint? -
correct answer ✔ Latissimus dorsi
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