Historical Perspectives & Intro

Question 0

Who was the Father of Microbiology, the first to view muscle strait ions, and dramatically improved the microscope?

Answer 0

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Question 1

Who wrote various Anatomy treaties (textbooks) and influenced Western medicine for two millennia?

Answer 1

Claudius Galenus

Question 2

Who is the Father or Modern Chemistry and measured oxygen consumption during foot treadle exercise?

Answer 2

Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier

Question 3

Who shared the Nobel Prize for medicine for muscle metabolism/heat production during work, distinguished between anaerobic and aerobic exercise, and defined VO2 max & steady state?

Answer 3

Archibald Hill

Question 4

Who established Harvard Fatigue Lab and acid-based regulation of blood?

Answer 4

Lawrence Henderson

Question 5

Who was a founding member and director of HFL, has > 300 publications, and published the first Ex. Phys. textbook “Life, Heat, & Attitude”?

Answer 5

David Dill

Question 6

Who published first studies on aging and founded the Human Physiology Lab @ Indiana?

Answer 6

Sid Robinson

Question 7

Who promoted positive influence of physical activity/aerobics on health?

Answer 7

Thomas Cureton Jr.

Question 8

Who studied both aging & nerve conduction (EMG)?

Answer 8

Herbert De Vries

Question 9

Organizational Strategies: What is the order of organization most relevant to humans?

Answer 9

Subatomic Particles->Atoms->Molecules->Cells

->Organs->Organisms

Question 10

Biological Control: What is Homeostasis?

Answer 10

Maintenance of a relatively constant internal environment (also referred to as Rest)

Question 11

Biological Control: What is maintenance of a constant or unchanging physiological variable that has a balance between demands placed on the body & it’s responses (exercise)?

Answer 11

Steady-State (also referred to a ‘Sustain’)

Question 12

What are the components of Fitness?

Answer 12

Muscular Strength
Muscular Endurance
Cardiorespiratory Endurance
Body Composition
Flexibility

Question 13

What are the components of Performance?

Answer 13

Balance
Agility
Power
Speed

Question 14

Training Effects: What are Acute Responses?

Answer 14

How the body responds to an individual bout of physical activity

Question 15

Training Effects: What are Chronic Adaptations?

Answer 15

How the body responds over time to the stress of repeated bouts of exercise

Question 16

Training Effects: What is Baseline Effect dependent upon, and how do highly trained athletes differ from someone who has never exercised regarding this term?

Answer 16

Depends upon the starting point of your training and how much training will affect you relative to the starting point;
Highly trained athletes won’t respond near as much

Question 17

Training Effects: _____________ in response to physical performance are relative to the ______ (type) of exercise training. To maintain specificity of testing, the proper ____________ must be used.

Answer 17

Adaptations; Mode; Ergometer

Question 18

Individual Responses: What is the term that establishes boundaries with respect to training and where/what percent is this with respect to Nature/Nurture?

Answer 18

Genetics; the middle 50% of Nature/Nurture

Question 19

What is the Placebo Effect?

Answer 19

A simulated medical intervention that can produce a perceived (or actual) improvement.
Expectations of a substance determines the body’s response.

Question 20

What did four weeks of a placebo for steroids result in?

Answer 20

Demonstrated significant improvements in strength in previously trained men

Question 21

On a Table, what do the X-Axis and Y-Axis represent?

Answer 21

X-Axis = Independent Variable
Y-Axis = Dependent Variable