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The length at which a muscle can produce the greatest force.
Length-Tension Relationship
_____ are chambers located inferiorly on either side of the heart.
Ventricles
Moving in the opposite direction of force. Accelerates or produces force while contracting the muscle
Concentric Muscle Action
The muscle that acts as the main source of motive movement
Prime mover
The ability to exert maximal force in the shortest amount of time
Power
The sum of the processes by which an animal or plant takes in and uses food substances.
Nutrition
The ability of the body to produce low level of force and maintain them for extended period of time.
Muscular Endurance
The very small veins that connect capillaries to the larger veins
Venules
The maximum force that a muscle can produce in a single, voluntary effort, regardless of velocity.
Maximal Strength
The time frame of a workout (including warm-up and cool-down) or the length of time spent in one phase of training.
Training Duration
States that soft tissue models along the lines of stress.
Davis’s Law
Constantly repeating the same pattern of motion, which may place abnormal stresses on the body.
Pattern Overload
The smallest blood vessel that is the location where substances such as oxygen, nutrients, hormones, and waste products are exchanged between tissues
Capillaries
Joint motion: roll, slide, spin
Arthrokinematics
The amount of pleasure derived from performing a physical activity
Enjoyment
Cellular structure that serves as a storage and transfer unit within the cells of the body for energy
Adenosine triphosphate
Multiplanar soft tissue extensibility with optimal neuromuscular efficiency throughout the full range of motion.
Dynamic Functional Flexibility
Muscle groups moving together (synergisticly) to produce movement around a joint.
Force-Couple Relationships
Information that the nervous system utilizes to gather information about the environment to produce movement.
Proprioception
The ability of the neuromuscular system to allow all muscles to work together with proper activation and timing between them.
Intermuscular Coordination
No joint cavity and fibrous connective tissue
Little or no movement.
An instrament with tow adjustable legs to measure thikness of a skin fold
Skin-fold Calipers
How quickly a muscle can generate force
Rate of force production
Sensory/Afferent neurons transmit nerve impulses from effector sites to
The Central Nervous System
A hollow tube that allows blood to be transported to and from the heart
Blood Vessel
Functional unit of muscle
produces contraction and consists of repeating sections of actin and myosin
