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What is Hcg human chorionic gonadotropin |
Taken from the placenta of pregnant woman. It increases testosterone production. |
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What is insulins role as a anabolic hormone. |
It is secreted by the pancreas in respose to elevations in blood glucose and amino acid concentration |
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What is insulins role as a anabolic hormone |
To facilitate the uptake of glucose, increases protein synthesis and facilitate the uptake of amino acids into the cell. |
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What does hgh do |
Stimulates bone and skeletal muscle growth, maintain blood glucose leveks,increase the uptake of glucose and amino acids into the muscle cells and stimulate release of fatty acids from the fat cells. |
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What is erthropoietin |
Produced by the kidneys and stimulates the production of new red blood cells. It increases response to aerobic endurance exercise such as marathon |
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What is b-adrenergic agonist |
Substances chemically related to epinephrine. Oroginally developed to treat asthma but they found that it has effects on body composition |
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What do beta-blockers do |
Reduce anxiety and tremors during performance |
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What is muscle buffering capacity |
Regulation of hydrogen ion concentration in skeletal muscle during high intensity exercise |
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What happens to hydrogen and ph in the muscles during high intensity exercise |
Alot of hydrogen ions is accumulated and ph is reduced |
