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PATHfit Reviewer Flashcards

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Study of the structure and function of muscles in the human body.

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Muscle Anatomy

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Key components of muscles

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Muscle Fibers
Fascia
Tendons

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Basic building blocks of muscles.

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Muscle Fibers

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Long cylindrical cells that contains specialized proteins that contract and relax to produce movement

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Myofibrils

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Refers to the connective tissue that surrounds and separate muscles and other internal structures.

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Fascia

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Are strong fibrous connective tissue that connect muscles to bones. They transfer the force generated by muscle contraction to produce movement.

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Tendons

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Types of muscles

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Cardiac muscles
Skeletal muscles
Smooth muscles

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Only found in the heart. They are responsible for the contraction and popping of the heart. Helping to circulate blood throughout the body.

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Cardiac muscles

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Attached to the bones and help the body move. They are under voluntary control and are the most common type of muscles in the human body.

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Skeletal muscles

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Found in the walls of internal organs such as the stomach intestines and blood vessels. They move involuntary and control various internal processes.

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Smooth muscles

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Functions of muscles

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Movement
Stability and posture
Heat production
Protection

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Contracting and relaxing and response to nerve signals. This allow for locomotion, maintaining posture, in carrying out voluntary activities.

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Movement

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Muscles provides the ability and support to the skeletal system, allowing individuals to maintain balance and posture.

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Stability and posture

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Muscle contractions generate heat, contributing to body temperature.

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Heat production

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Muscle protect vital organs, such as the heart and lungs, by forming layers of muscles tissues around them.

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Protection

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The nervous system signals the muscles to contract, and calcium is released to trigger actin myosin interaction

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Contraction process

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After the nervous signal ceases, the calcium is reabsorbed, in the muscle fibers return to this original state.

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Relaxation process

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Common muscle injuries

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Sprain
Strain
Muscle tears

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Can occur due to over exertion improper use of muscles or insufficient warm up

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Muscle tears

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Prevention tips

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Proper warm up
Maintain good posture
Regular stretching

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21
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How many muscles in the human body

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About 600 muscles

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The largest muscles in the body

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Gluteus maximus

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Strongest muscles in the body

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Masseter

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A muscle within the ear. The smallest muscle in the body

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Stapedius

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The weakest muscle in the body

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Stapedius

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A partial or complete break in the bone

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Fracture

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A separation of two bones where they meet at a joint

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Dislocation

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An injury to the ligament around a joint

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Sprain

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When a muscle or tendon is stretched too far

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Strain

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Muscle to bone

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Tendon

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Muscle to muscle

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Ligaments

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How muscle moves

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Cerebral cortex
Spinal nerves
Muscle innervation

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A structure deep in your brain, acts as body smart control coordinating center

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Hypothalamus

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Various actions or motions that can be performed by the body’s joints and muscles

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Anatomical movement

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Bending movement that decreases the angle between two body parts. Occurs in sagittal plane

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Flexion

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Straightening or increasing the angle between two body parts. Occurs in sagittal plane

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Extension

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Bending or tilting a body sideways. Occurs in frontal plane

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Lateral flexion

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Takes a body part away from the midline of the body. Occurs in frontal plane

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Abduction

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Brings a body part closer to the midline of the body. Occurs in frontal plane

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Adduction

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Movement of a body part around its own axis

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Rotation

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Rotating a body part towards the midline of the body or its axis. Occurs in transverse plane

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Internal rotation

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Rotating a body part away from the midline of the body or its axis. Occurs in transverse plane

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External rotation

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Complex movement that combines flexion extension abduction and adduction. Moving a body part in a circular motion

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Circumduction

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Movement of the forearm where the palm faces upward or anteriorly

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Supination

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Rotation of the forearm where the palm faces downwards or posteriorly

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Lowering or moving a body part inferiorly or downward. Occurs in frontal plane

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Depression

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Racing or lifting a body parts superiorly or vertically. Occurs in frontal

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Extending a joint beyond its normal range of motion in the direction opposite of flexion.

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Hyperextension

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Used to orient the position of a body part in relation to the rest of the body

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Anatomical direction

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Above or towards the head

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Below or towards the feet

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Closer to an attached area or trunk

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Further from an attached area or trunk

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Towards the midline

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Away from the midline

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Front of the body

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Back of the body

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Anatomical planes

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Frontal plane
Sagittal plane
Transverse plane

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Divides front from back

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Frontal plane

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Divides left from right

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Sagittal plane

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Divide horizontally creating inferior and superior sections

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Transverse plane

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Movement of the pad of the thumb to touch another finger

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Opposition

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Reversal of opposition

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Reposition

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Pushing or pointing the toes and the ball of the foot down towards the ground

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Plantar flexion

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Standing on the hill of the foot toes are pointing up toward the sky

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Dorsiflexion

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Moving the photo turn the sole inwards

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Moving the foot to turn the sole outward

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Moving a body part forward

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Protraction

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Moving a body part backward

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Retraction

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Capacity of the body to do activities without exhaustion

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Physical fitness

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Basic components of fitness

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Health related fitness components
Skill related fitness components

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Health related fitness component

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Cardiovascular endurance
Muscular strength
Muscular endurance
Flexibility
Body composition

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Skills related fitness

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Speed
Power
Reaction time
Coordination
Balance
Agility

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Total capacity of the heart and lungs to do lengthy activities without getting tired

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Cardiovascular endurance

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Ability of muscles to overcome the resistance

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Muscular strength

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Capacity of joints to stretch maximum

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Flexibility

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Muscles ability to do lengthy activities

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Muscular endurance

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Percentage of fat water and muscles in the human body

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Body composition

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Ability to move as fast as possible

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Ability to use muscular strength quickly

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The time elapsed between stimuli and response. reaction is the ability to react quickly to a stimuli

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Reaction time

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The ability to make movements work together

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Coordination

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Ability to control the body in standing moving and performing position

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Ability of the body to change the direction

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Refers to the idea that training should be specific to the activity or skill being trained

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Specificity

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Also known as SAID

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Specificity

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Specificity applies to

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Muscle and movements
Energy systems
Speed of movement

88
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When you gradually increase the weight frequency or number of repetition

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Progressive overload

89
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FITT

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Frequency intensity time type

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Number of times exercise is undertaken in a week

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Level of difficulty of the exercise

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Refers to how long an exercise sessions last

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Refers to the variety of training a performer undertakes

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States that each person is unique and therefore everyone’s response that they experience toward exercise is different

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Individual differences/needs

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What are the things to consider in individual differences or needs

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Athlete’s genetic
Fitness
Skills
Adaptability
Experience

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Increases the risk of injury and illness and can decrease how will you perform

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Overtraining

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Two types of recovery

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Passive recovery
Active recovery

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Taking the entire day of from exercise

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Passive recovery

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Engage in a low intensity exercise, praising minimal stress on the body

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Active recovery

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How a person loses fitness advancement or gains when they stop exercising

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Reversibility

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The rate at which fitness gains are reversed

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Reversibility

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Types of somatotype

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Endomorph
Mesomorph
Ectomorph

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Characterized by overweight or obese. Described as having around, low muscle mass, short limbs, when the large head

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Describe as muscular body type. Have white shoulder and narrow hips, moderate bone mass, low fat levels.

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Individuals with long lean muscle arms and legs. Characterized by low levels of fat storage and an overall inability to gain weight and develop muscle mass.

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