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Chapter 2 - Biomechanics of Resistance Exercise Flashcards

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Acceleration

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Agonist

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The muscle most directly involved with bringing about the movement, also called the ‘Prime Mover’

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Anatomical Position

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Angle of Pennation

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Angular displacement

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Angular velocity

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antagonist

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Muscles that slow down or stop a movement

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biomechanics

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The study of how the musculoskeletal components interact and create movement

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bracketing technique

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Cartilaginous joints

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Classic formula

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concentric muscle action

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distal

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Away from the center of the body

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dorsal

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eccentric muscle action

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Fibrous attachments

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First class lever

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A lever for which the muscle force and resistive force act on opposite sides of the fulcrum

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Fleshy attachments

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Where muscle fibers are directly fixed to bones, usually over a wide area so that the force is distributed well

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Fluid resistance

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Form drag

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Friction

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Frontal plane

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fulcrum

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the pivot point of a lever

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intertial force

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insertion

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The distal attachment site of a muscle

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isometric muscle action

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kyphotic

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lever

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A rigid or semi-rigid body that, when subjected to a force whose line of action does not pass through its pivot point, exerts a force on any object impeding its tendency to rotate

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lordotic

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Mechanical advantage

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The ratio of the moment arms through which an applied force acts to that through which a resistive force acts. For there to be a state of equilibrium between the applied force and the resistive force, the product of the muscle force and the moment arm through which it acts must equal

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moment arm

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muscle force

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origin

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The Proximal attachment site of a muscle

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pennate muscle

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power

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proximal

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Toward the center of the body

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rate coding

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recruitment

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resistive force

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rotational power

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rotational work

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sagittal plane

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second class lever

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strength

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surface drag

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synergist

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Assists indirectly in a movement

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tendons

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third class lever

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torque

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transverse plane

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Valsalva maneuver

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ventral

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vertebral column

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weight

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Work

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Which of the following is the definition of power?

  • Mass x Acceleration
  • Force x Distance
  • Force x Velocity
  • Torque x Time
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To compare the performances of Olympic weightlifters of different bodyweights, the classic formula divides the load lifted by which of the following:

  • Bodyweight of the athlete
  • Bodyweight of the athlete Squared
  • lean body weight of the athlete
  • Body weight of the athlete to the 2/3’s power
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During free weight exercise, muscle force varies with which of the following?
I. Perpendicular distance from the weight to the body joint
II. Joint angle
III. Movement Acceleration
IV. Movement velocity squared

  • I & II only
  • I and IV only
  • I, II, & III only
  • II, III, & IV only
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A vertical jump requires knee, hip, and shoulder movement primarily in which of the following anatomical planes?

  • sagittal
  • perpendicular
  • frontal
  • transverse
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An athlete is performing a concentric isokinetic elbow flexion and extension exercise. Which of the following types (s) of levers occurs at the elbow during this exercise?
I. First class
II. Second class
III. Third class

  • I only
  • II only
  • I & III only
  • II and III only
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