Practice Exam

1. If the hip adductor is the prime mover in an exercise, what is the antagonist?

2. Phasic muscles are resistant to fatigue.

3. Some muscles are named after the function they perform in the body. As an example, forearm muscles are called flexors because they perform this action?

4. When performing push ups and pull ups, what are you evaluating?

5. Tonic muscles respond by shortening and tightening.

6. Which muscle is the prime mover in spine/trunk flexion?

7. Which joint action describes the movement of adduction?

8. Which contraction involves muscle length variations with no change in tension?

9. A flattened back is also called what kind of a curve?

10. A person with a sway back is also referred to as what other term?

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