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Flashcards by chelseadunne14, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by chelseadunne14
about 10 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| What are the 6 types of Synovial Joints? | Ball and socket, hinge, Pivot, gliding, ellipsoid, condyloid |
| What are the 5 types of bones | Long, short, Flat, irregular, sesamoid |
| What is the axial skeleton? | Skull, Vertebral column, Ribs and Sternum |
| What is the appendicular skeleton ? | Arms, Legs, appendages and limbs |
| Which type of joint is inmovable | Fiborous Joints, for example the skull |
| What are slow twitch fibers good for? | Aerobic endurance, such as a triathlon |
| What are fast twitch fibers good for? | Anaerobic fitness such as sprinting |
| What is a muscle origin ? | A muscle origin occurs where it is attached to a stable bone |
| What is a muscle insertation? | Where it is attached to a bone that it pulls on and moves |
| Name the sections of the vertebrae in order | Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, Sacrum and Coccyx |
| What is reciprocal inhibition? | Reciprocal Inhibition is when one muscles contracts (The agonist) while the opposite muscle relaxes (Antagonist) |
| What is a Isotonic contraction ? | Occurs when a muscle length changes through full range of motion |
| What is a isometric contraction? | Occurs when tension is developed but there is little or no change in the length or the muscle |
| What is a isokinetic contraction? | Tension developed is maximal throughout the entire range of motion and can be done on fitness equipment such as a cybex |
| What are the four types of muscle fibres and what are they good for? | 1. Fusiform good for speed 2. Unipennate good for strength 3. Bipennate- good for strength 4. Multipennate, good for strength |
| What us a tendon? | A tendon connects muscles to bones |
| What is a ligament? | Ligaments connect bones to bones |
| What is cartilage? | Cartilage acts as a shock absorber between joints |
| What are the 5 functions of the skeleton? | Support, protection, storage of minerals, movement and production of red blood cells? |
| What is superior ? | UP - Closer to the head than another body part |
| What is inferior ? | DOWN- Closer to the feet than another body part |
| What is Anterior ? | FRONT- Closer to the front of the body than another body part |
| What is posterior? | BACK- closer to the back of the body than another body part |
| What is Medial? | Towards the mid line of the body |
| What is Lateral? | Further away from the mid line of the body |
| What is Proximal? | A body part closer to its point of attachment |
| What is Distal? | A body point further away than another to its point of attachment |
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