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What cross bridges attatch during muscle action?
Actin
What substance regulates muscle action?
Calcium
What substance acts at the neuromuscular junction to excite the muscle fibers of a motor unit?
Acetylcholine
What type of fiber is a marathon runner?
Type I
What structure detects and responds to the stretch of a basball player throwing by reflexively increasing muscle activity?
Muscle Spindle
Where is the hearts impulse initiated?
SA Node
Which occurs during the QRS complex of a typical ECG?
Repolarization of the atrium, and depolarization of the ventricle
What is the ultimate source of energy for muscular contraction?
ATP
What substance can be metabolized anaerobically?
Protein
The predominant energy system used during a training session depends primarily on what?
Session duration
The production of lactic acid results from the activation of which energy system?
Fast glycolysis
Which of the following energy systems has the highest rate of energy production?
Phosphagen
How many ATP are produced via the oxidative energy system from the degradion of one glucose molecule?
38
What energy system is perdominantly active at the initiation of all exercise?
Phosphagen
What enzyme catalyzes the rate limiting stop of glycolysis?
PFK
Acute hormonal secretions provide what?
amount and type of physiological stress, metabolic demands of exercise
What hormones enhance muscle tissue growth?
Growth hormone and IGF-I
What are functions of growth?
Increase lipolysis, increase amino acid transport, decrease glucose utilization
What hormone has the greatest influence on neural changes?
Testosterone
What hormone has higher levels in women than men?
Growth hormone
What type of joint is the knee?
Synovial
What is the equation of power?
Force X velocity
Olympic weight lifters
Remeber 2/3
During free weight exercise muscle force varies from what?
Perpendicular distance from the weight, movement acceleration
A vertical jump involves knee, hip, and shoulder movement primarily in which of the following anatomical places?
Sagittal
An athlete is performing a concentric isokinetic elbow flexion and extension exercise. What levers are involved?
First and Third Class
What muscle fiber when trained a certain way can change to a more aerobic oxidative form?
Type IIx
What workout do you do to prevent osteoporosis?
Front Squat
What muscle fiber types are bypassed as a result of selective recruitment for an olympic weightlifter?
I
Which are the most effective stimulants of growth hormone production from a resistance training workout?
Large muscle mass exercises, and High intensity and volume
A initial decrease in muscle strength is caused my what system?
Nervous
What occurs in a runner preparing for a run?
Hypertrophy of Type I Fibers
What is stroke volume?
amount of muscle ejected from the left ventricle during each beat
What increases during aerobic exercise?
end diastolic volume, cardiac contractility, cardiac output
The mean arterial pressure is defined as the what?
Average blood pressure throughout the cardiac cycle
Training of an elite aerobically trained athlete include what?
Increased maimal oxygen uptake and running economy, and decreased blood lactate concentration
What is an early adaptation to acclimatizing to high altitude?
Increased resting cardiac output