University of Houston KIN 4300 QUIZ 10 Question 1)Skeletal muscle accounts for approximately_% of a female's body weight and more than                      of a male's body weight

University of Houston

KIN 4300

QUIZ 10

Question 1)Skeletal muscle accounts for approximately_% of a female's body weight and more than                      of a male's body weight.

• Question 2

Muscular strength and power are important resources for all individuals, but these resources become even more important as individuals age.

• Question 3

Lowering a bag of groceries to the ground involves concentric muscle contraction.

• Question 4

Most sedentary older adults exhibit a decline in strength of about      % per year beginning in the 50s.

• Question 5

All of the following are factors that may cause loss of muscle strength with aging except?

• Question 6

               is used when an individual runs up a flight of stairs as quickly as possible.

• Question 7

Human skeletal muscle regardless of gender, generates a maximum of            newtons of force per square centimeter of muscle cross section.

• Question 8

Daily strength training programs can postpone indefinitely deterioration in muscle mass.

• Question 9

A substantial loss of lower body strength in the elderly not only impairs locomotion but also is associated with an increased risk of falling.

• Question 10

         is the term used to describe the resulting amount of rotation of a limb.