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- 1. Multiple Choice
What term applies to the biceps muscle causing the forearm to flex while the triceps stays relaxed?
atrophy
agonist
isokinetic
insertion
- 2. Multiple Choice
What muscle term applies to this situation... A professional athlete in knee rehabilitation using a strength machine that sets the pace of his repetitions while accommodating to the force he applies when he exerts?
isotonic
Isometric
concentric
isokinetic
- 3. Multiple Choice
What muscle term best applies to this situation... a person holding the "up position" of a push up exercise for as long as they can?
Motor unit
isometric contraction
atrophy
origin
- 4. Multiple Choice
What muscle term best applies to this situation... The hamstring muscles contracting at the last moment to prevent an injury as the knee approaches 180 degrees of knee extension during a sprint race.
antagonist
isometric
strain
synergist
- 5. Multiple Choice
What muscle term applies best... The trapezius hold the shoulder steady during a javelin throw?
hypertrophy
eccentric
fixator
tone
- 6. Multiple Choice
Losing several inches of waist measurement by simply working the abdominal compression muscles for a period of time so that more motor units stay contracted constantly.
motor skills
tone
insertion
synergists
- 7. Multiple Choice
What muscle term best applies to this example... a former body builder whose muscles have lost several inches of diameter and have lost firmness?
hypertrophy
fixator
muscle balance
atrophy
- 8. Multiple Choice
A group of a 1000 muscle fibers activated by a single nerve is a ...
fixator
motor unit
insertion
concentric
- 9. Multiple Choice
A muscle attachment on a bone that moves when the muscle is contracted.
origin
insertion
strain
fixator
- 10. Multiple Choice
Using a 45 pound dumbell that you control throughout the exercise of flexion is best described as...
isometric contraction
isokinetic contraction
isotonic contraction
strain
- 11. Multiple Choice
A muscle is contracting but also lengthening is what type of isotonic contraction?
eccentric
concentric
synergistic
oppositional
- 12. Multiple Choice
The attachment on the pubic area when the trunk is flexed like in a "crunch" exercise is...
origin
insertion
synergistic
oppositional
- 13. Multiple Choice
When an athlete spends time working antagonistic muscles to prevent injury they are working on...
atrophy
tone
muscle balance
insertion
- 14. Multiple Choice
In a workout slowly lowering a 45 pound dumbell to the 180 degree straightened elbow is ...
concentric contraction
eccentric contraction
isometric contraction
isokinetic contraction
- 15. Multiple Choice
3 muscles of the upper arm working together to flex the elbow is an example of?
fixators
antagonists
atrophy
synergists
- 16. Multiple Choice
A person's thigh muscle returning to normal size after rehabilitating a knee injury is an example of?
atrophy
hypertrophy
synergy
strain
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