Exercise Physio Flashcards
What are the three systems of ATP generation?
Phosophocreatine System
Glycolytic System
Aerobic System
What is Phosphocreatine?
High-energy cmpd in muscle used to generate ATP by donating a phosphate to ADP
How much ATP is made from 1 mol of PCr?
1 mol ATP
What is the fastest mechanism for ATP regen during muscle activity?
Direct Phosphorylation
What kind of activities would use the PCr System?
Activities that require only a few seconds (8-10 seconds)
What is the Glycolytic System?
ATP production in the cytoplasm via breakdown of glycogen in the absence of oxygen
What is produced during the Glycolytic System?
Lactic Acid
How much ATP is produced from 1 mol Glucose?
2 mol ATP
What kind of activities would use the glycolytic system?
Moderate-duration exercise (1-3 minutes to an hour)
WHat is the Aerobic System?
ATP Synthesis in the Mitochondria involving the oxidation of CHO, Fatty Acids, or Amino Acids derived from food, which entire the cycle as Acetyl CoA and yield ATP through the Electron Transport Chain
How much ATP is formed with 1 mol of glucose?
36 (30-32) ATP
What is the slowest mechanism for regenerating ATP during muscle activity?
Aerobic Respiration
What are two types of endogenous fuel sources?
Fats and Glycogen
What are two types of exogenous fuel sources?
Free fatty acids, glucose
from food
What are the three parameters of exercise?
Speed, Endurance, Strength
TF: Strength is proportional to the cross-sectional area of the muscle
True
Which generates more strength? Pennate Muscles or Fusiform Muscles. Why?
Pennate Muscles because they have more insertions -> More Force
What is recruitment?
Proper sequencing of discharge of motor units
What two factors influence recruitment?
Degree of motor unit firing
Frequency of firing
What is the Size Principle?
Slow smaller muscle fibrs before bigger and fast muscles contract
What is the synchronization ratio?
Degree to which motor units fire simultaneously to produce maximum tension
Which type of sports use Type 1 Muscles?
Light exercise, endurance
Which type of sports use Type 2 Muscles?
Moderate to severe (sports that require speed)
What is the Equilibrium Length of a muscle?
Length of muscle when extracted from the body
What is the Resting Length of a muscle?
Length of the muscle when body is at rest; Point of maximum tension from active and passive tension forces in the muscle
Which is longer? Resting or Equilibrium Length?
Resting Length is slightly more stretched
Which generates greater force? Muscle at Equilibrium Length or Resting Length?
Resting Length
What kind of exercises should one do to train for strength?
Lengthening Contraction Exercises (more force)
Isometric Exercise
What kind of exercises should be done to train for flexibility?
Shortening contractions
To exhibit the greatest force, one must show what type of contraction?
Rapid eccentric contraction
To exhibit the least force, what type of contraction?
Rapid concentric contraction
TF: If a muscle insertion is further, less force is exerted?
False
What kind of activities use Type 1 muscles?
Slow sustained activities; jogging, cycling, endurance
What kind of activities use Type 2 muscles?
Rapid powerful movements
What is strength?
Maximum force a muscle can do
What is endurance?
Ability to sustain an effort over time
If there is fast shortening of a muscle, what happens to the force?
Drops
If there is fast lengthening of a muscle, what happens to the force?
Increases