NFPT Study Questions
Basic Human Anatomy
1. How many muscles are in the average adult human body?
2. What is a prime mover?
3. How are muscles attached to bones?
4. The average adult has how many bones?
5. What is the difference between voluntary involuntary muscles
6. What percentage of your body is made up over muscle cells?
7. What are the two major functions of the circulatory system?
8. The transfer of carbon dioxide & oxygen occur between capillaries and what?
9. What are the four functions of the skeletal system
10. What are synapses?
11. Name the planes of motion?
12. In what part of the digestive system does most of the nutrient absorption into the
blood occur?
The Cell Fiber
1. What are Myofibrils?
2. What are actin and myosin?
3. What is the process by which damaged actin and myosin is repaired?
4. What nickname is given to the Mitochondria?
5. What are the main functions of the Mitochondria?
6. What is the Ribosome’s function?
7. Which fiber has the most Myofibrils?
8. Which fiber has the most Mitochondria?
9. What are the three reasons why muscle fibers stop contractions?
, 10. During what rep range does Myofibril failure occur?
11. Intermediate failure occurs to what type of muscle fiber?
12. What are myofibrils comprised of?
13. The greater the oxygen taken up by the muscles during resistance exercise the
slower the use of ?
14. The three muscle fiber types all have the same (internal
components) in varying
15. Sarcoplasm
16. Sarcolemma
17. Sarcomeres
18. Sarcoplasmic reticulum
Skeletal Muscle Structure and Function
1. What is the Epimysium?
2. What is the connective tissue surrounding each muscle group?
3. What are the three skeletal muscle fibers?
4. What are the characteristics of white fast twitch fibers?
5. What are the characteristics of red slow twitch fibers?
6. What is a motor unit?
7. Only a minimum number of motor units required to move a given weight, will
contract in performing work (True or False)?
8. The sheath of connective tissue surrounding a bundle of muscles, or motor unit, is
called a ?
9. Type IIB fibers are , Type IIA fibers are and Type I
fibers are
10. What are the characteristics of red fast twitch fibers?
Basic Human Anatomy
1. How many muscles are in the average adult human body?
2. What is a prime mover?
3. How are muscles attached to bones?
4. The average adult has how many bones?
5. What is the difference between voluntary involuntary muscles
6. What percentage of your body is made up over muscle cells?
7. What are the two major functions of the circulatory system?
8. The transfer of carbon dioxide & oxygen occur between capillaries and what?
9. What are the four functions of the skeletal system
10. What are synapses?
11. Name the planes of motion?
12. In what part of the digestive system does most of the nutrient absorption into the
blood occur?
The Cell Fiber
1. What are Myofibrils?
2. What are actin and myosin?
3. What is the process by which damaged actin and myosin is repaired?
4. What nickname is given to the Mitochondria?
5. What are the main functions of the Mitochondria?
6. What is the Ribosome’s function?
7. Which fiber has the most Myofibrils?
8. Which fiber has the most Mitochondria?
9. What are the three reasons why muscle fibers stop contractions?
, 10. During what rep range does Myofibril failure occur?
11. Intermediate failure occurs to what type of muscle fiber?
12. What are myofibrils comprised of?
13. The greater the oxygen taken up by the muscles during resistance exercise the
slower the use of ?
14. The three muscle fiber types all have the same (internal
components) in varying
15. Sarcoplasm
16. Sarcolemma
17. Sarcomeres
18. Sarcoplasmic reticulum
Skeletal Muscle Structure and Function
1. What is the Epimysium?
2. What is the connective tissue surrounding each muscle group?
3. What are the three skeletal muscle fibers?
4. What are the characteristics of white fast twitch fibers?
5. What are the characteristics of red slow twitch fibers?
6. What is a motor unit?
7. Only a minimum number of motor units required to move a given weight, will
contract in performing work (True or False)?
8. The sheath of connective tissue surrounding a bundle of muscles, or motor unit, is
called a ?
9. Type IIB fibers are , Type IIA fibers are and Type I
fibers are
10. What are the characteristics of red fast twitch fibers?
