Quiz 5 Flashcards
What refers to lifting weights of varying intensities in order to develop increased muscular strength?
Resistance training
What means muscle enlargement?
Hyptertrophy
What means muscle wasting?
Atrophy
What is the rate at which the body burns calories when completely inactive?
Resting metabolic rate (RMR)
What do collagen, calcium, and other minerals combine to make up?
Bone matrix
What is the breakdown of the bone mineral web, which makes the bone more vulnerable to fractures?
Osteoporosis
What is the break down of bone matrix and release minerals, such as calcium, into the blood?
Osteoclasts
What cells rebuild the bone matrix?
Osteoblasts
What is the ability to do physical work called?
Functional capacity
What muscles are found only in the heart and are specialized to produce the powerful contractions that pump blood throughout the body?
Cardiac muscle
What is the other type of involuntary muscles that are located in digestive organs, blood vessels, and reproductive organs?
Smooth muscle
What muscles are responsible for helping us move according to our will?
Skeletal muscle
What is a muscle cell called?
Sarcomere
What is the ability of a muscle or muscle group to generate maximal force?
Muscular strength
Hat is lifting as much weight as possible for one repetition?
One-repetition maximum (1RM)