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| Most common source of the pulse found in the wrist |
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| Most significant blood vessel in the upper arm for finding blood pressure |
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Adenosine triphosphate
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| Chemical required for proper muscle function and responsible for metabolism, muscle contraction, and the ability of the cell to synthesize proteins |
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| Used to repair tissue and turned into glycogen or stored as fat |
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| ATP stored until it combines with phosphocreatine during intense muscle contraction |
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| Sugar can broken down into lactic acid, ethanol. and ATP |
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| Downside of anaerobic glycolysis |
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| Generates pyruvic acid causing cramping and fatigue |
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| Aerobic production of ATP |
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| Sugars are converted into ATP using oxygen |
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| Helps evacuate toxins and acids from the muscles preventing fatigue and cramping |
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| Amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 kg of water by 1 degree C |
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| Amount of calories burned by the human body |
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| Sum total of calories consumed by the body |
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| Number of calories that must be burned in order for a person to lose weight |
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| Consuming same amount of calories as one burns |
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| Comes from nature such as fruit and honey |
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| Contain more vitamins,minerals, and nutrients |
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| Essential for creation of DNA and formation and maintenance of body tissue |
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| Composed of approx. 1/4 protein |
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| Solid at room temperature and associated with heart disease |
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| Useful in blood clotting and found in fish and plant oils |
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| Found in vegetable and animal fats and oils |
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| Motor neuron and its corresponding muscle cells |
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| Made up of collagen that connect the body of a tendon to muscle fibers |
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| Muscle contracts, this stretches? |
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| Stimulated whenever muscles are lengthened or shortened |
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| Body's unconscious perception of its own movement and its position within the physical world |
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| Body's ability to note and take account of the movements and its various parts |
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| More efficient in their use of oxygen and get energy from aerobic glycolysis; long-term, low intensity exercise |
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| Generate energy quickly through anaerobic glycolysis; quick violent movements |
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| holding muscle in extended position for 30 secs-1 min |
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| Muscle is brought into its stretched position through series of short, violent motions; increased risk of injury |
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| Total volume of blood pumped from heart |
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| amount of blood pumped by an individual contraction of the heart |
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| exchange of oxygen for carbon dioxide within the cells of the body |
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| abililty of blood to carry oxygen throughout the body |
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| amount of force produced when heart contracts |
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| pressure of blood in arteries when heart is relaxing |
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| meeting all of body's oxygen needs during exercise |
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| increase in size and number of muscle cells |
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| decrease in size and number of muscle cells |
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| gradual diminshment of blood to heart, caused by narrowing or blocking of coronary artery |
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| body at rest or in motion will tend to stay at rest or in motion unless acted upon by some other force |
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| force acting on the body is equal to the mass of the body multiplied by acceleration |
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| Law of action and reaction |
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| two bodies come into contact with one another their impact on one another is equal in magnitude and opposite in direction |
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| quantity of matter in an object |
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| push or pull that is exerted on an object; has both magnitude and direction |
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| force created by an object's contact with the ground as it moves |
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| perpendicular to ground along same line as geometric center of the base if the individual wants to have maximum stability |
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| divides between right and left sections |
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| divides between front and back sections |
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| divides into upper and lower sections |
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| muscle that initiates movement |
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| opposite of agonist; restores joint to its normal arrangement |
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| performs or assists in performing motion performed by agonist; restrains agonist when muscle is too strong |
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| two knobby ends of a bone |
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| fibers are arranged to best handle stress on the bone |
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| contains bone marrow and blood cells are produced here |
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| outside of bone that carries blood vessels and assists in repairing fractured bones |
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| connecting surface is rounded and other concave |
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| convex surface of one joint fits against the concave surface of the other; occurs in one plane |
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| connecting surfaces are flat so movement is limited |
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oval-shaped section of one bone fits into an elliptical cavity in another; allows for movement in 2 planes;
ex: wrist |
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| pointed or rounded area in one bone fits into a ring-like structure on another; rotation is only movement |
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| both connecting surfaces are shaped like saddles, and fit together snugly; occur in 2 planes; ex: thumb |
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| sleeve that surrounds a joint, preventing any loss of fluid and binding together teh ends of the bones in the joint |
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| smaller units in a muscle cell |
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| nerve stimulates the muscle and the thin filaments compress within the sarcomere |
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| myosin pulls actin closer together resulting in decrease in the length of the muscle (contraction) |
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| number of stimuli produce a response that a single stiumulus could not produce by itself |
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| permanent contraction of a muscle; ex: lockjaw |
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| point at which muscles don't have enough oxygen to perform their tasls; lactic acid builds up |
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| Blood comes into the heart |
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| Right atrium, tricuspid valve, right ventricle, lungs |
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| left atrium, left ventricle, mitral valve, aorta |
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| carry blood away from heart |
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| carry blood toward the heart |
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