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Normal resting heart rate for a sedentary person

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80 bpm

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What is the name for projections protruding from the bone to which tendons and ligaments attached?

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Processes

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Which of the following exercises would be most likely to contribute and a cute increase in testosterone levels?

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Back squat

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The deep longitudinal sub system includes which of which muscle groups?

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Hamstrings and erector spinae ?

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What percent of the human body and male and female adult is comprised of water?

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60%

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Omega-3 fatty acids do not include which fatty acid?

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Palmitic acid

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What substance is banned in the United States?

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DMAA

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When glucose is broken down, what molecule is created that could also be oxidize under aerobic conditions?

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Pyruvate

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When a person loses body weight, what is the only way that mass is lost?

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As exhaled carbon dioxide

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Catecholamines are responsible for which of the following actions?

Increased stroke volume and decreased heart rate

Increased heart rate and decreased stroke volume

Increase lipogenesis

Increased Lipolysis

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?

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Vitamin C’s role

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Collagen synthesis and immunity

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Three types of muscles in the body

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Skeletal, cardiac, and smooth

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Which cell is the functional unit in the nervous system

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Neuron

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What does the electron transport chain, (ETC) do?

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Uses oxygen gradient to create ATP through a process called chemiosmosis to start oxidative phosphorylation

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Movements that take place within a joint and are not visible to the human I’m a be classified in what way?

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Arthrokinematic

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What is the scientific term that describes the nervous system’s role in the contract/relax relationship between Agonist and antagonist?

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Reciprocal inhibition

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What is the normal respiratory rate for an adult during rest?

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15 breaths per minute

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Two factors that define any type of exercise are?

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Intensity and duration

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Which component of blood is primarily responsible for clotting mechanisms?

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Platelets

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Improve performance during a plyometric jump is dependent upon?

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Rapid amortization phase?

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If someone went out for a 5 mile jog with their friend, which energy system would provide most of the ATP for this activity?

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Oxidative phosphorylation

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Compared to nonheme iron, heme iron is absorbed how?

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More efficiently

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Most well-known and well researched effect of omega-3 fats relates to?

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Heart health

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What is defined as a steady state exercise?

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Aerobic exercise performed at a consistent intensity

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What is the acceptable macro nutrient distribution range (AMDR) for fat in the diet?
20-35%
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Different curvatures of spine
…
27
How many calories in 1 g of protein?
4
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What is the resting metabolic rate (RMR)?
RMR is the number of calories that the body uses at rest to function.
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Which muscle is primarily targeted when performing a biceps curls exercise with the thumb up?
Brachioradialis
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Definition of NEAT
Non Exercise Activity Thermogenesis
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What movement term is used to describe the concept of adducting the shoulder blades so that they become closer together?
Scapular retraction
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Potential benefit of omega-3’s
Anti-inflammatory
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Types of muscle actions
Isokinetic: eccentric: isometric: concentric:
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What is the term for higher than normal energy expenditure during the recovery period after exercise?
Excess post exercise oxygen consumption?
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What do micro nutrients do in the body?
They regulate various metabolic processes including energy metabolism.
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What is the optimal amount of protein per meal for muscle proteins synthesis?
20 to 40 g
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Muscle force velocity
…
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What is the optimal range of daily protein intake to maximize muscle protein synthesis?
1.6-2.2g
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Abnormal breathing may be associated with which of the following effects?
Shallow rapid breaths with use of the sternocleidomastoid
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Which vitamins have an increased risk of causing toxicity?
A,D or E
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What chronic disease is leading cause of death in the world today?
Cancer?
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What is a normal resting HR?
60-100bpm
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What is an average resting HR
70- 80 bpm
44
Which substrate provides nearly all the energy for activity at and above V2?
Glucose?
45
Movements that take place within a joint and are not visible to the human I’m a be classified as?
Arthrokinematic
46
What is the definition of motor control?
The ability to initiate correct purposeful controlled movements
47
Which vitamin plays a key role in energy metabolism?
B vitamins
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What is the resting metabolic rate, RMR?
The number of calories burned after exercise
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What are the end products of the electronic transport chain?
ATP and water
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What are the components of ATP?
Adenine, ribose, and three phosphate groups
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Which of the following hormones if increased at baseline may be indicative of over training? - Cortisol - Growth hormone - Thyroxin - Testosterone
Cortisol
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How many calories are in 1 g of protein
4
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Which component contributes the most a total energy expenditure?
Resting metabolic rate
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Overtraining : what does it do to Cortisol and what kind of environment does it create?
High levels of cortisol and a catabolic environment
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Before amino acids can be used to make ATP, what process do they have to go through?
…
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Which part of a cell is responsible for using nutrients to create energy for the cell?
Mitochondria
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What are the three branched chain amino acids, BCAAs?
Alanine, glutamine, and tyrosine
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Before carbohydrates, fats, and proteins and into the citric acid cycle, They need to be converted to what common molecule?
acetyl CoA
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Where is the digestive system or most fluids absorbed?
Small intestine

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