Muscular Anatomy Flashcards
Orgin
The attachment of the muscle tendon to the stationary bone
Insertion
The attachment of the muscle tendon to the moving bone.
The more distal bone.
Agonist
- Prime moving muscle
- Shortening muscle
- Active
- Speeds things up
- accelerator
Antagonist
- Opposing Muscle
- Relaxed
- Slows things down
- Must lengthen
- Helps prevent injury
Law of Reciprocal inhibition
When one muscle is working the other muscle must be off
Flexibility
The muscles ability to lengthen and shorten upon your demand/control
Mobility
Range of motion in the joint
Stability
Ability to create contractile force within the joint
Fascia
All connective tissue that wraps around and between the muscles, tendons, ligaments and joints.
Provides structure
Fascia provides viscoelasticity (stiffness/structure/stability)
provides proprioception
Elasticity
Lengthening and Shortening
- Elastic band movement
Plasticity
More pliable, like a plastic bag
muscle’s ability to change shape in response to a continued stimulus.
Benefits of Resistance Training
- muscular strength
- increases core strength
- Improves bone density
What is muscular strength?
IS the maximum amount of force that a muscle or muscle group can generate.
What is muscular Power?
The explosive aspect of strength.
Strength and speed = power
What is muscular endurance?
The ability of a muscle to exert force over time
What do Open Kinetic Chain Exercises refer to?
Develop Skills specific to sport or performance - quantitative
ex. leg extention machine - legs are free-flowing
Closed Kinetic Chain Exercise
Functional based movements, qualitative
Feet or hands have to be grounded
ex. body weight squat
Name 8 Biomotor Abilities
- Agility
- Flexibility
- coordination
- balance
- Strength
- power
- Endurance
- Speed