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Muscle terminology

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10th - 12th Grade

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Muscle terminology
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What term applies to the biceps muscle causing the forearm to flex while the triceps stays relaxed?

atrophy

agonist

isokinetic

insertion

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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 QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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 QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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 QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What muscle term applies best... The trapezius hold the shoulder steady during a javelin throw?

hypertrophy

eccentric

fixator

tone

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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 QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

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