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A-LEVEL PE (OCR) Year 13 Mr Grice > PAPER 1 - The Muscular System > Flashcards

PAPER 1 - The Muscular System Flashcards

1
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Define ISOTONIC CONTRACTION

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contractions that cause the muscle to change length, producing movement

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Define CONCENTRIC

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contractions that cause the muscle to shorten e.g. bicep curl (upwards)

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Define ECCENTRIC

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contractions that cause the muscle to lengthen e.g. bicep curl (downwards)

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Define ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION

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there is no change in the length of the contracting muscle, causing no movement

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What are FIXATORS ?

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the muscle that STABILISES the ORIGIN of the AGONIST and the JOINT that the origin moves over

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Define FLEXION

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a movement around a joint that decreases the angle between the bones and the joint

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Define EXTENSION

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a movement around a joint that increases the angle between the bones and the joint

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Define LATERAL

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towards the outside

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Define MEDIAL

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towards the middle

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10
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Define POSTERIOR

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towards the back

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11
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Define ANTERIOR

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towards the front

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12
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What movement occurs at the WRIST ?

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  • flexion

- extension

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13
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What movement occurs at the ELBOW ?

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  • flexion

- extension

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14
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What movement occurs at SHOULDER ?

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  • flexion
  • extension
  • adduction
  • abduction
  • medial rotation
  • lateral rotation
  • horizontal extension
  • horizontal flexion
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15
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What movement occurs at the HIP ?

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  • flexion
  • extension
  • adduction
  • abduction
  • medial rotation
  • lateral rotation
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16
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What movement occurs at the KNEE ?

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  • flexion

- extension

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17
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What movement occurs at the ANKLE ?

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  • plantar flexion

- dorsi flexion

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18
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WRIST : FLEXION : AGONIST

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wrist flexors

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19
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WRIST : EXTENSION : AGONIST

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wrist extensors

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20
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ELBOW : FLEXION : AGONIST

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biceps brachii

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21
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ELBOW : EXTENSION : AGONIST

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triceps brachii

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22
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SHOULDER : FLEXION : AGONIST

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anterior deltoid

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23
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SHOULDER : EXTENSION : AGONIST

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posterior deltoid

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24
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SHOULDER : ADDUCTION : AGONIST

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latissimus dorsi

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25
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SHOULDER : ABDUCTION : AGONIST

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middle deltoid

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26
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SHOULDER : M.ROTATION : AGONIST

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teres major

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27
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SHOULDER : L.ROTATION : AGONIST

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teres minor

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28
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SHOULDER : HORIZONTAL F : AGONIST

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pectorals major

29
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SHOULDER : HORIZONTAL E : AGONIST

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posterior deltoid

30
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HIP : FLEXION : AGONIST

31
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HIP : EXTENSION : AGONIST

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gluteus maximus

32
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HIP : ADDUCTION : AGONIST

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adductor longus, brevis, magnus

33
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HIP : ABDUCTION : AGONIST

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gluteus medius / minus

34
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HIP : M.ROTATION : AGONIST

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gluteus medius / minus

35
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HIP : L.ROTATION : AGONIST

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gluteus maximus

36
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KNEE : FLEXION : AGONIST

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bicep femoris

37
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KNEE : EXTENSION : AGONIST

A

rectus femoris

38
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ANKLE : PLANTAR FLEXION : AGONIST

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gastrocnemius & soleus

39
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ANKLE : DORSI FLEXION : AGONIST

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tibialis anterior

40
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What plane is flexion in ?

41
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What plane is extension in ?

42
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What plane is adduction in ?

43
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What plane is abduction in ?

44
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What plane is medial rotation in ?

A

horizontal

45
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What plane is lateral rotation in ?

A

horizontal

46
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What plane in horizontal flexion in ?

A

horizontal

47
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What plane in horizontal extension in ?

A

horizontal

48
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What are the three muscle types ?

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  • slow oxidative (type 1)
  • fast oxidative (type 2)
  • fast glycolytic (type 2X)
49
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What are slow oxidative muscle fibres designed to do ?

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  • store oxygen in MYOGLOBIN
  • produce OXYGEN in the MITOCHONDRIA
  • work AEROBICALLY
  • produce small amounts of force but resist fatigue
  • e.g. marathon
50
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What are fast oxidative muscle fibres designed to do ?

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  • produce large amounts of force quickly
  • have the capacity to resist fatigue
  • e.g. 800m
51
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What are fast glycolytic muscle fibres designed to do ?

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  • work anaerobically
  • large stores of PHOSPHOCREATINE
  • fatigue quickly
  • e.g. 100m
52
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What is a MOTOR NEURON ?

A

a NERVE CELL which transmits a NERVE IMPULSE to a group of MUSCLE FIBRES

53
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What is a MOTOR UNIT ?

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a MOTOR NEURON and the MUSCLE FIBRE stimulated by its AXON

54
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What is ACTION POTENTIAL ?

A

POSITIVE ELECTRICAL CHARGE inside the NERVE and MUSCLE CELL which conducts the NERVE IMPULSE down the NEURON and into the MUSCLE FIBRE

55
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What is a NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION ?

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where the axon’s MOTOR END PLATES meets the MUSCLE FIBRE

56
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What is a SYNAPTIC CLEF ?

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the small gap between the motor end plates and the muscle fibre

57
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What is a NEUROTRANSMITTER ?

A

a CHEMICAL produced that carries the ELECTRICAL IMPULSES across the SYNAPTIC CLEF and to the MUSCLE FUBRE

58
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Define MITOCHONDRIA

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a STRUCTURE in the SARCOPLASM responsible for AEROBIC ENERGY PRODUCTION

59
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Define MYOGLOBIN

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a PROTEIN in the muscle responsible for TRANSPORTING OXYGEN to the MITOCHONDRIA

60
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Define AEROBIC

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low intensity, long-duration exercise in the presence of oxygen

61
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Define ANAEROBIC

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high intensity, short-duration exercise without the presence of oxygen

62
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Define FATIGUE

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a SUBJECTIVE feeling of tiredness that has a GRADUAL ONSET and can have physical and mental causes

63
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Define ELASTICITY

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the ABILITY of an object or material to RESUME its normal shape after being stretched or compressed

64
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Define GLYCOGEN LOADING

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the MANIPULATION of CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE in the week before competition to maximize stores of glycogen

65
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Define CAPILLARY

A

a FINE BRANCHING blood vessel that connects an artery to a vein

66
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Define DENSITY

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a measurement that compares an objects mass to volume

67
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Define PHOSPHOCTREATINE

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a HIGH-ENERGY COMPOUND store in the muscle cell used as a FUEL for high intensity energy production

68
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Define GLYCOGEN

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glycogen is a READILY MOBILIZED storage form of glucose and is the MAIN FUEL SOURCE for our cells

69
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What is ACETYLCHOLINE

A

the NEURONTRANSMITTER used at the NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION

A-LEVEL PE (OCR) Year 13 Mr Grice (10 decks)

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