MY NASM cards

Question 1

Torque

Answer 1

A force that produces rotation

Question 2

Lever

Answer 2

A rigid bar that rotates around a stationary fulcrum

Question 3

1rst class

Answer 3

fulcrum in middle (knodding head)

Question 4

2nd class

Answer 4

resistance in middle ( raising calf)

Question 5

3rd class

Answer 5

effort in middle ( bicep curl ) mos common in human limbs

Question 6

ipsilateral

Answer 6

on same side of body

Question 7

eversion

Answer 7

movement of the sole of the foot, away from the median plane

Question 8

inversion

Answer 8

movement of the sole, towards the median plane

Question 9

davis’s law

Answer 9

soft tissue models along the lines of stress

Question 10

sensorimotor integration

Answer 10

cooperation of nervous and muscular systems in gathering and interpreting information and executing movement

Question 11

muscle syngergies

Answer 11

group of muscles recruited by the cns to provide movement

Question 12

triglycerides

Answer 12

chemical for of most fat in food and body (lipids)

Question 13

what % of water is the body

Answer 13

60%

Question 14

8oz of water for every __lbs overweight

Answer 14

25lbs

Question 15

adults should consume how much water a day?

Answer 15

men 3L woman 2.2L

Question 16

ergogenic acid

Answer 16

something that enhances athletic performance

Question 17

adrenal glands

Answer 17

secrete hormones corticodsteriods,catecholamines in response to stress

Question 18

RMR accounts for what % of total energy expenditure

Answer 18

.7%

Question 19

what muscle action increases as the velocity of muscle contraction increases

Answer 19

eccentric spectrum

Question 20

Kinesiology

Answer 20

Study of human movement

Question 21

Biomechanics

Answer 21

Study of how forces affect a living body

Question 22

AMDR for protein

Answer 22

30%

Question 23

ligaments

Answer 23

connect bone to bone

Question 24

concentric

Answer 24

production of force shortening muscle

Question 25

shoulder elevation is what motion

Answer 25

superior

Question 26

altered reciprocal inhibition

Answer 26

in which a tight muscle (short, overactive, myofascial adhesions) causes decreased neural drive, and therefore optimal recruitment of its functional antagonist

Question 27

complex cabs are primarily what?

Answer 27

starch and fiber

Question 28

triglycerides, phospholipids, and sterols?

Answer 28

Lipids

Question 29

pituitary glands

Answer 29

secrete growth horomones during puberty until adulthood

Question 30

stroke volume

Answer 30

volume of blood pumped from the left ventricle per beat.

Question 31

cardiac output

Answer 31

The amount of blood the heart pumps through the circulatory system in a minute

Question 32

what links together to form a protein

Answer 32

amino acids

Question 33

what is the purpose of short stretching cycle

Answer 33

To produce the necessary force to change the direction of an object’s center of mass efficiently

Question 34

EPOC

Answer 34

Excess post oxygen consumption, the amount of oxygen our body consume after exercise

Question 35

thyroid gland

Answer 35

produce horomones that regulate rate of metabolism and growth and rate of function of many other systems in the body

Question 36

adrenal gland

Answer 36

secrete horomones corticosteriods and catecholamines including cortisol and adrenline (epinephrine) in response to stress

Question 37

pituitary and hypothalamus glands

Answer 37

control much of the hormonal activity.

Question 38

gloabal stabalization system

Answer 38

transferring loads between upper and lower extremities

Question 39

local stabalization system

Answer 39

attach directly to the vertebra, responsible for intervertebral and intersegmental stability. protects the spine