Physiological Factors Affecting Performance Flashcards
What are the motions that happen around the shoulder?
flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, horizontal flexion/
extension, medial and lateral rotation, circumduction
What muscles are around the shoulder?
Deltoid, latissimus dorsi, pectoralis major, trapezius, teres minor
What’s the ranges of motion around the elbow?
Flexion, extension
What muscles are around the elbow?
Bicep brachii, tricep brachii
What ranges of motion occur at the wrist?
Flexion, extension.
What muscles are around the wrist?
Wrist flexors, wrist extensors
What are the ranges of motion around the hip?
Flexion, extension
Name the muscles in the hamstring group.
Bicep femoris, semi- membranosus, semi-temdinous
Name the muscles in the quadricep group.
rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus intermedius and vastus medialis
Ranges of motion around the ankle?
Dorsi flexion, plantar flexion
Muscles around the ankle ?
tibialis anterior, soleus, gastrocnemius
What are the roles of muscle?
Agonist, antagonist, fixator
What is an agonist?
The muscle responsible for creating movement at the joint.
E.g the bicep brachii contracting in the upward phase of a bicep curl.
what is antagonist muscle
The muscle that is replacing or lengthening.
What is a fixator?
Muscles that work with the agonist muscle in creating effective movement by stabilising the bones during the movement.
What are the 4 types of muscle contractions?
Isotonic
Concentric
Eccentric
Isometric
What is an isotonic contraction?
Allows muscle to change length
What is a concentric contraction?
The muscle will shorten during the movement.
What is an eccentric contraction ?
The muscle will length during the movement
What is an isometric contraction?
Occurs without any shortening (concentric) and shortening (eccentric) convo the muscle
What are the types of joint and an example of each?
Hinge- knee, elbow
Ball and socket - shoulder, hip
Candyloid- wrist
Pivot- neck
Saddle- thumb
Gliding joint- small homes in hand and foot
What is a motor neuron?
Carry signals from the central nervous system to effectors
What’s is action potential?
The change in electrical potential associated with the passage of an impulse along the membrane of a muscle cell or nerve cell.
What is a neurotransmitter?
A chemical that is released from a nerve cell which thereby transmits an impulse from a nerve cell to another nerve, muscle, organ, or other tissue