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Question 1

What is exercise?

Answer 1

A specific physiological stress that elicits a a specific adaption.

Question 2

Myofibrillar hypertrophy increases the myofibrillars in the muscle fiber. True or False

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Repeated acute exercise leads to chronic adaptions. True or False?

Answer 3

True.

Question 4

What impacts muscle mass?

Answer 4

Genetics
Nutrition
Nervous system activation
Physical Activity
Environmental Factors
Endocrine (hormonal) Influences

Question 5

What is skeletal muscle hypertrophy?

Answer 5

It is the increased SIZE and NUMBER of the myofibrillar proteins, actin & myosin +an increased size of the sarcoplasm

Question 6

What is muscle atrophy?

Answer 6

A > amount of protein break down compared to protein syntheis. It is caused by inactivity/a lack of mechnical stress

Question 7

What helps prevent muscle atrophy?

Answer 7

RT/Mechanical stress, and > protein consumption for MPS.

Question 8

What protein is a key regulator MPS and MPB?

Answer 8

mTOR (specifically mTORC1)
It turns on MPS bc its upregulated by RT
(It is a negative regulator of autophagy tho)