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Terminology A5-A6 Flashcards

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A fat-like compound found only in animal tissue, although it can be synthesized by the liver from saturated fats

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Cholesterol

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A way to group data. One should always investigate the original studies or actual data that such tables are drawn from.

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Classification Tables

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Muscle action in which the ends of the muscles are drawn closer together

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Concentric Contraction

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4
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Augmentation of the energy capacity of muscle through an exercise program

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Conditioning

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The transfer of heat between objects of different temperatures in direct contact with each other

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Conduction

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6
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Exercise performed to completion without relief periods

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Continuous Work

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The force of contraction of the heart; also, the ability of a muscle to shorten in response to a stimulus.

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Contractility

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The transfer of heat from one place to another by the motion of a heated substance.

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Convection

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A multiplier used to adjust data for a specific circumstance

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Correction Factor

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Conditions of the heart that compromise blood flow through the coronary arteries causing ischemic symptoms, spasms, and infarctions

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Coronary Heart Disease

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The standard against which other test are measured

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Criteria Test

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12
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The theory that strengthening one region of the body will have a positive effect on another part of the body.

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Cross-Training

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13
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Cell fluid that makes the inside of the cells

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Cytoplasm

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This law states that partial pressure of a gas in a mixture remains constant and each particular gas will act independently of the others

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Dalton’s Law

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The excessive loss of body water

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Dehydration

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16
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Pain and stiffness that occurs 1 to 2 days after a performance which is uncommon to the performer

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Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS)

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Density

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The mass per unit volume of an object

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18
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A positive change away from the resting membrane potential of neural or muscle cells; loss of semipermeability and inrushing

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Depolarization

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The resting phase of the cardiac cycle

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Diastole

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The minimal pressure existing in the arteries

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Diastole Blood Pressure

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The amount of blood that fills the ventricle during diastole

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Diastolic Volume

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The random movement of molecules due to their kinetic energy

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Diffusion

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The travelling impulse seen on an EKG; sort of an encapsulated pair of traveling opposite charges, with the positive charge leading

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Dipole

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Double sugars such as sucrose and maltose

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Disaccharides

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An experimental protocol in which neither the investigators nor the subjects know which group is receiving a placebo and actual treatment

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Double Blind Study

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The opposition or resistance of a joint to motion; forces opposing movement during the full ROM

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Dynamic Flexibility

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An instrument used to measure muscular strength

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Dynamometer

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Labored breathing

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Dyspnea

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Muscle action in which a force external to the muscle overcomes the muscle force and the ends of the muscle are drawn further apart

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Eccentric Contraction

30
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An anthropometric body type characterized by fragility, and delicacy

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Ectomorph

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The ratio of work output to work input expressed as a percentage

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Efficiency

32
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The percentage of the left ventricular end diastolic volume (LVEDV) that is ejected from the heart

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Ejection Faction

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The ability of a muscle to return to resting length after being stretched

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Elasticity

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The capacity for producing electrical effects, such as an electric current, between two bodies

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Electrical Potential

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A recording of the electrical activity of the heart

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Electrocardiogram (EG)

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A substance that ionizes in solution such as salt (NaCl) and is capable of conducting an electrical current

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Electrolyte

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Photographs of tissues, magnified thousands of times by an electron microscope

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Electron Micrographs

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A clot or other plug, transported by the blood from a blood vessel and lodging in a different and usually smaller one; thus obstructing circulation

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Embolus; Emboli (plural)

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An organ or gland that produces an internal secretion (hormone)

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Endocrine Gland

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A particular anthropometric body type characterized by roundness and softness of the body

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Endomorphy

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The time limit of a person’s ability to maintain either an isometric force, or a specific power level involving combinations of concentric and/or eccentric muscle actions.

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Endurance

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The maximal amount of energy that can be liberated by a particular metabolic system.

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Energy Capacity

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A concept that energy is primarily provided by a specific metabolic system or a combination of systems.

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Energy Continuum

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One of three metabolic systems involving a series of chemical reactions resulting in the formation of waste products and the manufacture of ATP

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Energy System

45
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The capacity of producing force, performing work, or generating heat

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Energy

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A catalyst. Accelerates the speed of a chemical reaction without itself being changed by the reaction

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Enzyme

47
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An instrument used to record the electrical activity in an active muscle

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Electromyography

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