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| a study that uses principles of physics to quantitaively study how forces interact within a living body. |
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| positioned above a point of reference. |
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| positioned below a point of reference |
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| positioned nearest the center of the body, or point of reference. |
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| positioned farthest from the center of the body. |
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| positioned near the middle of the body |
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| toward the outside of the body |
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| positioned on the opposite side of the body |
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| positioned on the same side of the body |
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| an imaginary bisector that divides the body into left and right halves |
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| the bending of a joint, causing the angle to the joint to decrease |
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| the straightening of a joint, causing the angle of the joint to increase. |
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| an imaginary bisector that divides the body into front and back halves |
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| movement of a body part away from the middle of the body |
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| movement of a body part toward the middle of the body |
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| an imaginary bisector that divides the body into top and bottom halves |
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| rotation of a joint toward the middle of the body |
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| rotation of a joint away from tve middle of the body |
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| the lengthening of a muscle |
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| a muscle maintaining a certain length |
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| the shortening of a muscle |
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| an influence applied by one object to another, which results in an acceleration of deceleration of the second object |
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| length-tension relationship |
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| the length at which a muscle can produce the greatest force |
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| muscle groups moving together to produce movement around a joint |
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| movement of the bones around the joints |
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| a force that produces rotation |
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| the process of the body responding to internal and external stimuli |
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| the study of posture and movements and the involved structures and mechanisms that the central nervous system uses to assimilate and intergrate sensor information with previous experiences |
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| group of muscles that are recruited by the central nervous system to provide movement |
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| the cumulative sensory input to the central nervous system from all mechanoreceptors that sense position and limb movements |
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| the cooperation of the nervous and muscular system in gathering information, interpreting, and executing movement |
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| repeated practice of motor control processes, which lead to a chance in the ability to produce complex movements |
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| the use of sensory information and sensorimotor integration to help the kinetic chain in motor learning |
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| the process whereby sensory information is used by the body to reactively monitor movement and the enviroment |
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| information provided by some external source, such as a health and fitness professional, videotape, morror, or heart rate monitor to supplement the internal enviroment. |
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