Certificate III Fitness Quiz

Which of the following is NOT a muscle function?

• Movement of skeleton

• Heat generation

• stabilise joints

• Moves neurons around body

• maintain posture

Flexion is best described as:

• a physical position that increases the angle between the bones of a limb at a joint

• a physical position that decreases the angle between the bones of the limb at a joint

Extension is best described as:

• a physical position that decreases the angle between the bones of the limb at a joint

• a physical position that increases the angle between the bones of the limb at a joint

Which of the following muscles extends the arm at the elbow?

• Triceps Brachii
• Quadricep
• Flexor Digitorum
• Brachioradialis

Abduction is best described as:

• Movement away from the midline

• Movement towards the midline

Adduction is best described as:

• Movement away from the midline

• Movement towards the midline

Identify the joint action being performed.

• Extension
• Flexion
• Abduction
• Adduction

Identify the joint action being performed.

• Extension
• Flexion
• Abduction
• Adduction

What is the movement known as when the arms are taken away from the bodies midline in a lateral motion?

• Abduction
• Protraction
• Adduction
• Retraction

When a muscle contracts and shortens developing tension it is known as a? 

• Isometric contraction
• Eccentric contraction
• Elasticity contraction
• Concentric contraction