vocab

Question 1

open chain exercise

Answer 1

lattpulldown
bench press
machine leg extension

Question 2

closed chain

Answer 2

squat
push ups
pull ups

Question 3

local muscles

Answer 3

dim pt

transverse
dia pelvis m internal

Question 4

scapular retraction

Answer 4

adduction of scapulae shoulder blades move toward the midline
arrows in middle of the chess back

Question 5

scapular protraction

Answer 5

adduction of scapulae
shoulders blades move away from mid line
arrows going to shoulders

Question 6

scapular depression

Answer 6

downward motion of scapulae
arrows going down back
inferior

Question 7

scapular elevation

Answer 7

upward (superior) motion of the scapulae arrows going up to the shoulder blades

Question 8

agonists

Answer 8

the primary muscles providing force for a movement

Question 9

synergists

Answer 9

muscles that assist agonists to produce a movement

Question 10

stabilizers

Answer 10

muscles that contract isometrically to stabilize the trunk and joints as the body moves

Question 11

antagonists

Answer 11

muscles on the opposite side of a joint that are in direct opposition of agonist muscles.

Question 12

actin

Answer 12

thin stringlike myofilament that acts along with myosin to produce muscular contraction
thin

Question 13

myosin

Answer 13

the thick myofilament that acts along with actin to produce muscular contraction
thick

Question 14

reciprocal inhibition

Answer 14

when an agonist receives a signal to contract its functional antagonists also receives an inhibitory signal allowing it to lengthen

Question 15

altered reciprocal inhibition

Answer 15

occurs when an overactive agonist muscle decreases the neural drive to its functional antagonist

Question 16

amortization

Answer 16

the transition from eccentric losing to concentric unloading during the stretch shortening cycle