Question Number

1. Blood leaves the ventricles of the heart via the…

(a) Vena Cava and Pulmonary artery (b) Aorta and Pulmonary vein

(c) Vena Cava and Aorta (d) Aorta and Pulmonary artery

2. The correct name for heart muscle is…

(a) Epimysium (b) Myocardium (c) Angina Pectoralis (d) Myoglobin

3. The chamber in the heart that changes in size with aerobic training is…

(a) The right atria (b) The left atria (c) The right ventricle (d) The left ventricle

4. In muscle the thin filament is made of …

(a) Myosin (b) Actin (c) Calcium (d) Acetylecholine

5. Which of the following is not a normal physiological aerobic training change?

(a) Increased mitochondria (b) Increased haemoglobin (c) Increased myoglobin (d) Increased phosphocreatine

6. Which one is not a normal characteristic of a Fast Twitch fibre?

(a) High ATP stores (b) Many mitochondria (c) Large crossbridge thickness (d) High glycogen stores

7. Gas exchange in the alveoli takes place because…

(a) There is lots of haemoglobin attracting gases (b) There is nowhere for the gases to go (c) The temperature of the gases is ideal (d) A pressure gradient allows diffusion to take place

8. Describe the role of mitochondria in the cell…

(a) Is to destroy waste products in the cell (b) Is to make protein for cell growth (c) Is to make energy for the cell (d) Is to make enzymes

9. Glucose is stored in…

(a) The liver and kidneys (b) The liver and muscles (c) The kidneys and muscles (d) The brain and muscles

10. What is the smallest blood vessel?

(a) A venule (b) A capillary (c) An arteriole (d) A vein

11. What does haemogobin do?

(a) Carry water in the body (b) Keep the body at normal temperature (c) Store energy (d) Carry oxygen

12. Which is the fuel used for anaerobic glycolysis?

(a) Glucose (b) Fat (c) Protein (d) Amino acids

13. Name the long strand-like fibre carrying impulses away from the cell body…

(a) The nucleus (b) The axon (c) The myelin sheath (d) The schwann cell

14. Electrolytes are…

(a) A form of protein (b) Vitamins that dissolve in water that perform important bodily functions (c) Minerals that dissolve in water that perform important bodily functions (d) A type of fatty deposit found in blood vessels

15. What is the name given to the contraction period of the heart?

(a) Diastole (b) Systole (c) Fibrillation (d) Osmosis

16. What is an erythrocyte?

(a) A red blood cell (b) A cell membrane transport site (c) A section of muscle fibre (d) The gas exchange site in the lung

17. The a-vO2 difference is…

(a) The difference in the air we breath in and out (b) The difference in the haemoglobin concentration of oxygenated/deoxygenated blood (c) The difference between the oxygen content of blood entering and leaving the lungs (d) The difference between the amount of oxygen in active and non-active muscles

18. The hypothalamus does not control:

(a) Body temperature (b) Sensations of hunger/thirst (c) Blood pressure (d) Anxiety

19. The fastest and most powerful muscle fibre is…

(a) Type IIa (b) Type I (c) Fast Oxidative-Glycolytic (d) Fast Glycolytic

21. A tendon joins…

(a) Muscle to muscle (b) Muscle to bone (c) Bone to bone (d) Ligaments to bone

22. The part of the bone that grows is…

(a) The epiphysis (b) The diaphysis (c) The medullary canal (d) The epiphyseal disc

23. Extension is…

(a) The decreasing of the angle between two bones (b) The increasing of the angle between two bones (c) Movement towards the midline (d) A form of rotation

24. The sagittal plane divides the body into…

(a) Front and Back (b) Left and right (c) Top and bottom (d) Anterior and posterior

25. Not an example of a synovial joint…

(a) The knee (b) The hip (c) The neck (d) The ankle

26. The area that disappears in a fully contracted muscle…

(a) The I band (b) The A band (c) The Z lines (d) The H zone

27. A crossbridge is formed when…

(a) The myosin heads attach to the actin filament (b) The muscle is full of lactic acid (c) The glucose is broken down in the Krebs cycle (d) A nerve impulse reaches the neuromuscular junction