Neuromuscular Response To Exercise / 3 Flashcards

1
Q

represents the interface between the end of a myelinated motor neuron and muscle fiber

A

nmj

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2
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nmj transmits the blank to initiate muscle action

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nerve impulse

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3
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t tubule causes blank release from the sr

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calcium

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4
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calcium binds to blank and blank during muscle contraction in blank

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troponin, tropomyosin, actin

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5
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after cross bridge forms, blank breaks it

A

atp

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6
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after contraction, calcium goes to blank

A

sr

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7
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number of blank per motor neuron generally relates to a muscles particular movement function

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muscle fibers

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8
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motor unit consists of the blank motor neuron and the fibers it innervates

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anterior

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9
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each muscle fiber receives input from blank neurons

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one

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10
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a motor neuron can innervate blank muscles

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many

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11
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nerve fiber groups

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alpha, beta, delta, c nerve

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12
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the blank of a nerve fiber dictates the speed of neural transmission within the fiber

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thickness

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13
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motor unit contains blank muscle fiber types

A

1

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14
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three classification properties of motor units and the fibers they innervate

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twitch, tension, fatigability

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15
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slow twitch fibers have blank force

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low

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16
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type 2a muscle fibers are blank resistant and blank force

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fatigue, moderate

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17
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type 2b muscle fibers are blank force

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high

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18
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motor neurons have a blank effect on the muscle fibers

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stimulating

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19
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A stimulus strong enough to trigger an action potential in the motor neuron activates all of the accompanying muscle fibers in the motor unit to contract synchronously

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all or none

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20
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adding on action potential onto another

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temporal summation

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21
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The force of muscle action varies from slight to maximal via two mechanisms

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increased number of motor units recruited, increased frequency of motor unit discharge

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22
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motor unit recruitement describes adding motor units to increase blank

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muscle force

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23
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As muscle force requirements increase, motor neurons are recruited with progressively larger

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axons

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24
Q

blank motor units with low thresholds stimulates first during light activities

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slow twitch

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25
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strength gains can be seen after blank training sessions

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one

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26
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mostly blank adaptation accounts for changes in strength over first three weeks

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neural

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27
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increased neural drive begins in blank

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motor cortex

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28
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one cannot recruit all blank during a task

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motor units

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29
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Resistance training causes what to happen to motor unit activation (4)

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  1. Increase in the number of motor units recruited
  2. Increase in motor unit firing rate
  3. Increased potential for motor unit “synchronization”
  4. Reduction in co-activation of antagonist muscles
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30
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these connect to extrafusa fibers near tendon’s junction to muscle

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golgi tendon organs

31
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golgi tendon organs Detect differences in the blank generated by active muscle (excessive load)

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tension

32
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golgi receptors transmit signals to the spinal cord to elicit reflex blank of the muscles they supply

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inhibition

33
Q

resistance training blank gto inhibition

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decreases

34
Q

Alterations in brain neurotransmitter concentrations which alter the density of neural impulse reaching the exercising muscles

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central fatigue

35
Q

decreased nerve impulse equals decreased blank

A

force production

36
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nmj has the potential to adapt depending on the blank of activity

A

intensity

37
Q

low intensity training increases blank expansiveness

A

nmj

38
Q

high intensity training increases dispersion of blank

A

synapses

39
Q

blank helps things like cognitive function, learning, mood disorders

A

aerobic exercise

40
Q

aerobic exercise increases blank to brain and amount of blank

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circulation, neurotrophins (like bdnf, insulin, fibroblast growth factor)

41
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neurotrophin that is instrumental in changing the brain, especially in the hippocampus

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bdnf

42
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an area of brain important for learning and making memories

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hippocampus

43
Q

bdnf is regulated by blank

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physical activity

44
Q

high levels of bdnf allow better blank

A

memory/recall

45
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central fatigue is when the brain blank (test question)

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lacks the ability to generate as many action potentials

46
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nmj expansiveness does not mean blank size, just the appearance of the blank

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physical, fibers

47
Q

1 sarcomere equals 1 blank

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muscle fiber

48
Q

a sarcomere spans one blank

A

z line

49
Q

fast twitch muscle fibers have high blank activity

A

myosin atpase

50
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fast twitch muscle fibers have rapid blank release and uptake by an efficent blank

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calcium ion, sr

51
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fast twitch fibers intrinsic speed of shortening and tension development is blank times faster than slow twitch

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3-5

52
Q

fast twitch fibers do not have a lot of blank

A

mitochondria

53
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fastest glycolytic fibers

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type 2b

54
Q

an increase in muscular tension with exercise training provides the primary stimulus for blank

A

hypertrophy

55
Q

high levels of strain on muscle fibers disrupt the blank structure

A

myofibrils

56
Q

mRNA mediates the stimulation of myofibrillar blank

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protein synthesis (hypertrophy)

57
Q

hypertrophy is the blank of protein synthesis in response to muscle damage

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overcompensation

58
Q

aerobic exercise at low intensity blank muscle fibers

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does not change

59
Q

aerobic exercise at high intensities blank muscles fibers

A

changes

60
Q

enlargement of existing muscle fibers represents the greatest change in blank

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cross sectional area

61
Q

hypertrophy is not recognizable until blank

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6-8 weeks

62
Q

largest nerve fiber

A

alpha

63
Q

smallest and slowest nerve fiber that is myelinated

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delta

64
Q

smallest and slowest unmyelinated nerve fiber

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c nerve

65
Q

cessation of resistance exercise

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de training

66
Q

do not confuse detraining with blank

A

disuse

67
Q

condition of muscle loss

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sarcopnea

68
Q

normal maintenance of a muscle fiber is the product of protein blank and blank

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synthesis, degradation

69
Q

synthesis is less than breakdown then there is blank

A

atrophy

70
Q

at minimum, blank percent of one rep max in both concentric and eccentric phase of motion and time for synthesis to take place in order for blank to occur

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75%, hypertrophy

71
Q

number of myofibrils blank during atrophy

A

decreases

72
Q

muscle that is routinely stretch may eventually add blank in series

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sarcomeres

73
Q

sarcomeres added in series add to the blank

A

musculotendinous junction

74
Q

stretching adds blank fibers

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type 1