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Applied Anatomy and Physiology

Total questions: 83

Worksheet time: 1hrs 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the cardiovascular system made up of?

(a)  

2.

What type of muscle is the heart made up of?

a)

sino-atrial node

b)

cardiac muscle

c)

sodium-potassium pump

d)

septum

3.

What is the order of the cardiac conduction system?

(a)  

4.

What is a systolic contraction?

(a)  

5.

What is a diastolic contraction?

(a)  

6.

The names of the two types of nervous system

a)

respiratory

b)

sympathetic

c)

parasympathetic

d)

cardiovascular

7.

What is the name of the nervous system that increases heart and breathing rate?

(a)  

8.

What is the name of the nervous system that decreases heart and breathing rate?

(a)  

9.

What do chemoreceptors do?

(a)  

10.

What do barorecpetors do?

(a)  

11.

Functions of the cardiovascular system

a)

delivering oxygen and nutrients

b)

carrying hormones

c)

removing waste products

d)

thermoregulation

12.

What do proprioceptors do?

(a)  

13.

What does heart rate mean?

(a)  

14.

What does stroke volume mean?

(a)  

15.

What does cardiac output mean?

(a)  

16.

What is the cardiac output equation?

a)

cardiac output= stroke volume + heart rate

b)

cardiac output= stroke volume - heart rate

c)

cardiac output= stroke volume / heart rate

d)

cardiac output= stroke volume x heart rate

17.

What does venous return mean?

(a)  

18.

What is the order of Starling's Law?

(a)  

19.

What is cardiac hypertrophy?

(a)  

20.

What is cardiovascular drift?

(a)  

21.

What is coronary heart disease?

(a)  

22.

What are fatty deposits called?

a)

angina

b)

atheroma

c)

atherosclerosis

d)

asthma

23.

What is angina?

(a)  

24.

What does it mean when someone is having a stroke?

(a)  

25.

What are the characteristics of veins?

a)

thinner muscle/ elastic fibres

b)

blood is at low pressure

c)

carries blood to the heart

d)

contain valves

e)

have a wider lumen than arteries

26.

What are the characteristics of arteries?

a)

have the highest pressure

b)

more elastic layer to cope with pressure

c)

smaller lumen

d)

smooth inner layer

e)

carry blood away from the heart

27.

What are the characteristics of capillaries?

a)

wide enough to allow one red blood cell through at a time

b)

allows gaseous exchange

28.

What is blood pressure?

(a)  

29.

What is the blood pressure equation?

(a)  

30.

What does the oxyhaemoglobin dissociation curve show?

(a)  

31.

What is vasodilation?

(a)  

32.

What is vasodilation?

(a)  

33.

What does the arterio-venous difference (AVO2 diff) mean?

(a)  

34.

Process of inspiration

(a)  

35.

Process of expiration

(a)  

36.

What is tidal volume?

(a)  

37.

What is minute ventilation?

(a)  

38.

What is the inspiratory reserve volume?

(a)  

39.

What is the expiratory reserve volume?

(a)  

40.

What is vital capacity?

(a)  

41.

What is residual volume?

(a)  

42.

What is diffusion?

(a)  

43.

What is partial pressure?

(a)  

44.

Characteristics of slow twitch muscle fibres (type 1)

a)

aerobic

b)

slow contraction speed

c)

red in colour

d)

high myoglobin levels

e)

fatigue slowly

45.

Characteristics of fast twitch oxidative glycolytic muscles fibres (type IIa)

a)

anaerobic

b)

medium contraction speed

c)

large neurone size

d)

medium fatigability

e)

pink in colour (medium myoglobin levels)

46.

Characteristics of fast twitch glycolytic muscle fibres (type IIx)

a)

anaerobic

b)

large neurone size

c)

high fatigability

d)

white in colour (high myoglobin levels)

e)

fast contraction speed

47.

What is a motor unit?

(a)  

48.

What is a motor neurone?

(a)  

49.

What is a neuromuscular junction?

(a)  

50.

What is the all or none law?

(a)  

51.

What is wave summation?

(a)  

52.

What is a tetanic contraction?

(a)  

53.

What is spatial summation?

(a)  

54.

What do muscle spindles do?

(a)  

55.

What are golgi tendon organs?

(a)  

56.

What is a synovial joint?

(a)  

57.

What are ball and socket joints?

(a)  

58.

What are hinge joints?

(a)  

59.

What is flexion?

(a)  

60.

What is extension?

(a)  

61.

What is adduction?

(a)  

62.

What is abduction?

(a)  

63.

What is rotation?

(a)  

64.

What is plantarflexion?

(a)  

65.

What is dorsiflexion?

(a)  

66.

What is hyperextension?

(a)  

67.

What is the agonist?

(a)  

68.

What is the antagonist?

(a)  

69.

What is a concentric contraction?

(a)  

70.

What is an eccentric contraction?

(a)  

71.

What is an isometric contraction?

(a)  

72.

What does EPOC stand for?

(a)  

73.

What does EPOC mean?

(a)  

74.

Characteristics of the fast component of EPOC

a)

restores ATP stores

b)

restores PC stores

c)

re-saturates myoglobin with oxygen

75.

Characteristics of the slow component of EPOC

a)

removes lactic acid

b)

maintains heart and breathing rates

c)

replenishes glycogen stores

d)

increases body temperature

76.

What is lactate threshold?

(a)  

77.

What does OBLA stand for?

(a)  

78.

What factors affect OBLA?

a)

intensity

b)

muscle fibre used

c)

fitness levels

d)

rate of blood lactate removal

79.

Characteristics of altitude training

a)

partial pressure of oxygen is lower

b)

2500m+ above sea level

c)

diffusion gradient decreases

d)

quicker onset of anaerobic respiration

80.

Characteristics of HIIT training

a)

used for aerobic and anaerobic training

b)

short intervals of max intensity followed by recovery

81.

Characteristics of plyometric training

a)

a type of training to improve power

b)

explosive movements

c)

explosive muscular contractions engage stretch reflex

82.

What are the phases of plyometric training?

(a)  

83.

What does SAQ training stand for?

(a)