2.3 Factors Impacting The Generation Of Muscular Force

Question 1

Which types of motor units are recruited first, for activities such as walking?

Answer 1

Type I

Question 2

Which type of muscle architecture allows for the greatest force output?

Answer 2

Fusiform

Question 3

What are the different muscle fiber types?

Answer 3

Type I
Type IIa
Type IIb
Type IIx

Question 4

Skeletal muscle is subdivided into specific functional units to allow the proper co-ordination of contractions to occur. What is the name given to these units?

Answer 4

Motor units

Question 5

A phase motor unit has which property?

Answer 5

Fast twitch