Kinesiology for Fitness Trainers Flashcards
What are Biological systems?
A collection of organs and structures that share a common function
What is Homeostasis?
The property of a system that regulates its internal environment and tends to maintain a stable, relatively constant condition of properties such as temperature or pH
What is a Sensory Nervous Function?
The ability of the nervous system to sense changes in either the internal or external environment
What is a Motor Nervous Function?
The neuromuscular response to the sensory information
What is Integrative Function?
The ability of the nervous system to analyze and interpret the sensory information to allow for proper decision making, producing the appropriate response
What is Interstitial Fluid?
It is a solution that bathes and surrounds the cells of multicellular animals. It is the main component of the extracellular fluid, which also includes plasma and transcellular fluid. The interstitial fluid is found in the interstitial spaces, also known as the tissue spaces
What is Antigen presenting cells (APC)?
A cell in adaptive immunity (memory) that presents immune killer cells a foreign antigen marking it for destruction
What is the Immune System?
A system of biological structures and processes within an organism that protects against disease. To function properly, an immune system must detect a wide variety of agents, from viruses to parasitic worms, and distinguish them from the organism’s own healthy tissue
What is the Axial Skeleton?
Skull, spine, ribs, and sternum
What is the Appendicular Skeleton?
Consists of the shoulder girdles, arms, pelvis, and legs
What is the Sagittal plane?
An imaginary line that divides the body into right and left halves
What is the Frontal/Coronal plane?
An imaginary line that divides the body into front and back halves
What is the Transverse plane?
An imaginary line that divides the body into top and bottom halves
What is Isokinetic?
A movement in which equal force production from a muscular contraction is required through the full range of motion
What is Isometric?
A muscular contraction in which the muscle is neither shortening nor lengthening
What is Isotonic?
A muscular contraction in which the muscle is either shortening or lengthening
What is Concentric?
When the muscle shortens against a resistance (going against gravity)
What is Eccentric?
When the muscle lengthens with a resistance (going with gravity)
What is Bilateral?
Both sides
What is Ipsilateral?
Same side
What is Contralateral?
Opposing side
What is Reciprocal?
Alternating sides
What is Flexion?
Decreasing the angle of a joint
What is Extension?
Increasing the angle of a joint
What is AB-duction?
Movement away from the body
What is AD-duction?
Movement towards the body
What is HORIZONTAL ABduction?
Horizontal movement away from the body
What is HORIZONTAL ADduction?
Horizontal movement towards the body
What is Rotation?
Turning about an axis
What is Circumduction?
Movement around an axis
What is Ankle Plantarflexion?
Sagittal plane extension of the ankle joint
What is Ankle Dorsiflexion?
Sagittal plane flexion of the ankle joint
What is Foot Eversion?
Sole of the foot moves outwards
What is Foot Inversion?
Sole of the foot moves inwards
What is Trunk Lateral Flexion?
Frontal plane left or right bends of the trunk
What is Medial Rotation?
Transverse plane rotation toward the midline of the body of either the head of the humerus or the head of the femur within respective joint capsules “INTERNAL ROTATION”
What is Lateral Rotation?
Transverse plane rotation away from the midline of the body of either the head of the humerus or the head of the femur within respective joint capsules
What is Compact Bone?
Aka CORTICAL BONE. Acounts for 80% of the osseous tissue (bone tissue) in the body, and is the “hard” quality of the boen located toward the outer layers