Quiz 5 Flashcards

1
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What refers to lifting weights of varying intensities in order to develop increased muscular strength?

A

Resistance training

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2
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What means muscle enlargement?

A

Hyptertrophy

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3
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What means muscle wasting?

A

Atrophy

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4
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What is the rate at which the body burns calories when completely inactive?

A

Resting metabolic rate (RMR)

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5
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What do collagen, calcium, and other minerals combine to make up?

A

Bone matrix

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6
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What is the breakdown of the bone mineral web, which makes the bone more vulnerable to fractures?

A

Osteoporosis

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7
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What is the break down of bone matrix and release minerals, such as calcium, into the blood?

A

Osteoclasts

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8
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What cells rebuild the bone matrix?

A

Osteoblasts

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9
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What is the ability to do physical work called?

A

Functional capacity

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10
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What muscles are found only in the heart and are specialized to produce the powerful contractions that pump blood throughout the body?

A

Cardiac muscle

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11
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What is the other type of involuntary muscles that are located in digestive organs, blood vessels, and reproductive organs?

A

Smooth muscle

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12
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What muscles are responsible for helping us move according to our will?

A

Skeletal muscle

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13
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What is a muscle cell called?

A

Sarcomere

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14
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What is the ability of a muscle or muscle group to generate maximal force?

A

Muscular strength

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15
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Hat is lifting as much weight as possible for one repetition?

A

One-repetition maximum (1RM)

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16
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What is the ability of a muscle or muscle group to maintain a contraction or to perform repeated sub maximal contractions over an extended period of time?

A

Muscular endurance

17
Q

What word means “equal length”? It is where muscles contract without the body moving.

A

Isometric

18
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What term means “equal motion”? It is where the rate of muscular contraction is constant.

A

Isokinetic

19
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What term means “equal tension”? It is where force remains constant.

A

Isotonic

20
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What term is where exercises change the resistance to compensate for changes in mechanical advantage?

A

Variable-resistance