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62 Cards in this Set
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Central Nervous System
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touch pain temperature and chemical stimuli
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Nervous system functions
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control internal enviroment
control movement spinal cord reflexes memory |
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Nervous system had 2 divisions
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peripheral and central
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peripheral
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constist of neurons divided into sensory portion and motor portion
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afferent fibers
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nerve fibers which are sent to the CNS
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Structure of a neuron
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cell body dendrite axon
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dendrite
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carries signal toward
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axon
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send signal away
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kinesthesia
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conscious recongtion of the postion of body parts with respect to one another
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Cerebum
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large dome of the brain that is divided into right and left hemospheres
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Cerebellum
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lies behind pons and medulla coordinating monitoring complex
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The human body is made up of
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400 sketol muscles 40 to 50% total body weight
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Sketal Muscles performs 3 functions
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fore breathing and locomotion
force postural support heat production during long stress |
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flexors
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decrese joint angles
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extensors
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increase joint angle
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epinysium
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outermost layer surrounds entire muscle
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perimysium
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connective tissue surrounds muscle
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endomysium
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fasciulus surrounds by connective tissue
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Myofibrils
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threadlike structure that contains contractile protein
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Myofibrils has two charaterstics
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thick filaments composed of protein myosin has protein actin
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Sarcomeres
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structural proteins z line or Z disk
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sarcoplasmic reticulum
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storage site for calcium important in muscle contraction
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transverse tubules
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extends inward from the sarcolemma and passes completely through the fibers
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neuromuscluar junction
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the motor neuron and muscle meet
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motor end plate
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sarcolemma forms a packet
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sliding filament model
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process of musclar contraction is best explained
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3 sources of ATP in muscle contraction
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phosphacreatine glycolysis oxidative phosphorylation
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Muscular fatigue
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reduced ablity to generate fore
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Central fatigue
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subconscious brain reduce motor drive to contracting muscles during exercise
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Biomechemical charaterstics of the muscle
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oxidative capacity type of ATPase isoform
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Contractile Properties Muscle Performance
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Maximal force production
speed of contraction muscle fiber efficiency |
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maximal force of muscle is compared
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how much force the fiber produces per unit of fiber cross sectional area
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Contraction speed of muscle fiber composed by
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maximal shortening velocity
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the efficienty of muscle fiber is measured
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by muscle fiber economy
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fast fibers
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type IIx or IIa
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slow fibers
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type I
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ATP myosin output is higher in
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type IIx fibers
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increase muscle size
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hypertropy
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increase do to strenght training
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hyperplasia
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muscle disuse results from
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atrophy
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distance runners have about
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75 slow fibers 25 fast fibers
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none athletes have about
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50 slow fibers 50 fast fibers
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2 adjustments must be made of blood flow during exercise
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1.)increase cardiac output
2.)redistribution of blood flow from inactive organs to the active sketal muscles |
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arteries
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blood away from heart
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veins
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blood to the heart
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purpose of cardiovascular system
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transport of oxygen
transport of nutrients to tissues regulation of body temperature |
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myocardium
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responsible for contracting and forcing blood out of the heart
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systole
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contraction phase
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distole
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relaxation phase
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difference between systole and distole
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pulse pressure
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Average during cardiac cycle is
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mean artiral pressure
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SA node
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pacemaker for the heart
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Electrocardiogram(ECG)
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electrical charges that occur in the mycardiagram during the cardiac cycle
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Blood pressure increase from these factors
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blood volume
heart rate blood viscosity stroke volume periphal resistance |
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Cardiac Output
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heart rate x stroke volume
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2 factors that influence heart rate
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Parasympathetic and sympathetic system
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parasympathetic fiber
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supply heart arise from neurons acts as breaking system slow down heart
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Stroke volume regulated by 3 factors
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EDV
average aortic blood pressure strength ventricular contraction |
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Venous return increase during exercise due to
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venoconstiction
muscle pump respiratory pump |
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muscles have
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mioglobin
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cardiovascluar drift
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is due to the influence of rising body temperature on dehydration and reduction of plasma volume
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Exercise in heat does what?
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decreases Stroke volume and increase heart rate
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