Which of these muscle types are found in the heart?
Cardiac muscle
Smooth muscle
Skeletal muscle
Which of the following muscle types is under conscious control?
Which of these muscle fibre types provides the greatest speed and force of contraction?
Type I
Type IIa
Type IIx
Which of the following performers would need the highest proportion of type I muscle fibres?
Marathon runner
100 m sprinter
800 m runner
Which muscle group is responsible for flexion at the knee when a footballer prepares to kick a football?
Quadriceps
Gluteus maximus
Hamstrings
When a player shoots at the goal in netball, the gastrocnemius contracts to produce which movement at the ankle?
Dorsiflexion
Plantar flexion
Extension
Which type of muscle contraction is completed by the triceps during the upwards phase of a press up?
Isometric
Concentric
Eccentric
Which of the following sporting examples would involve isometric contractions of the quadriceps?
A gymnast landing after a vault
A sprinter in the "set" position
A netballer jumping to catch
Which muscle operates as the antagonistic pair in combination with the hip flexors?
Which structure connects muscle to bone and allows force to be transmitted from the muscle to move the skeleton?
Ligament
Cartilage
Tendon