Domain 1

Question 1

Adduction is a movement back toward the midline of the body in which of the following planes?

Answer 1

Frontal plane

Question 2

Decreased levels of thyroid hormones tend to cause a decrease in which of the following?

Answer 2

Resting metabolic rate

Question 3

The force-velocity curve describes the relationship between which of the following?

Answer 3

Muscle force and the velocity of contraction

Question 4

During the concentric action of the gluteus maximus what movement is occurring at the joint?

Answer 4

Hip extension and external rotation

Question 5

Which movements is the gluteus maximus responsible for?

Answer 5

Concentrically accelerating hip extension and external rotation

Question 6

What is the phenomenon called when prolonged Golgi tendon organ stimulation provides an inhibitory action to muscle spindles?

Answer 6

Autogenic inhibition

Question 7

Which of the following describes the tendency of the body to seek the path of least resistance during functional movement patterns?

Answer 7

Relative flexibility

Question 8

Which of the following is a small terminal branch of an artery, which ends in capillaries?

Answer 8

Arteriole

Question 9

Dysfunctional breathing results in an increase in the activity level of which of the following secondary respiratory muscles?

Answer 9

Scalenes

Question 10

Which term refers to fibrous connective tissues that connect bone to bone and provide static and dynamic stability as well as input to the nervous system?

Answer 10

Ligaments