NASM Chapter 2 Flashcards
1
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Human Movement System
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Nervous System, Muscular System, Skeletal System
2
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Neuron
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The Functional unit of the nervous system
3
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Mechanoreceptors
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Sensory receptors responsible for sensing distortions in body tissues
4
Q
Muscle Spindles
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Receptors Sensitive to change in length of the muscles and the rate of that change,
5
Q
Golgi Tendon
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Receptors sensitive to change in tension of the muscle and the rate of that change.
6
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Joint Receptors
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receptors surrounding a joint that respond to press acceleration and deceleration of the joint.
7
Q
Arthrokinematics
A
joint motion
8
Q
Type 1 Muscle
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Slow Twitch
9
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Type 2 Muscle
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Fast Twitch
