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What are the 3 types of muscle tissue in the body?

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Skeletal Muscle
Smooth Muscle
Cardiac Muscle

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What is Skeletal Muscle?

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‘voluntary muscle’ Muscles that you think about contracting and then the nervous system tells them to do so. Anchored to bone via tendons and is designed to generate skeletal movement

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What is Smooth Muscle?

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‘involuntary muscle’ found lining the walls of internal organs and structures such as the stomach, intensities and uterus

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What is Cardiac Muscle?

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also ‘involuntary muscle’ and is found only in the heart

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What is an antagonistic pair?

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A pair of muscles that when one contracts the other stretches

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What does an agonist muscle do?

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Contracts/produces movement

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What does an antagonist muscle do?

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Stretches, acting against or in opposition to the agonist muscle

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How are muscles and the nervous system related?

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The movement of muscles is coordinated and controlled by the nervous system, that sends a message to the muscles ‘telling’ it to move

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Where is the Muscle Spindle Stretch Receptor found?

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In the belly of all our skeletal muscles

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What does the Muscle Spindle Stretch Receptor detect?

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Length in a muscle

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What does the Muscle Spindle Stretch Receptor do?

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When a muscle stretches, the muscle spindle
that sends a signal to the spinal cord which in turn sends a message to the muscle to contract and resist
the stretch.

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Why does the Muscle Spindle resist the stretch?

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To protect the muscle from over-stretching or tearing

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What is a spinal cord reflex arc?

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A neural pathway that controls a reflex, where sensory neurons do not go all the way to the brain, only to the spinal cord

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Is the muscle spindle a spinal cord reflex?

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Yes

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What causes the Muscle Spindle to decrease its firing?

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Coming out of the pose slightly
Breath
Time

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What are the two types of muscle contractions?

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Isometric

Isotonic

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What are the two types of isotonic muscle contractions?

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Concentric

Eccentric

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What is an isometric muscle contraction?

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Muscle generates force without changing length

ie. holding a pose

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What is an isotonic muscle contraction?

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Tension remains unchanged but the muscle length changes

ie. Moving into a pose

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What is a concentric muscle contraction?

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Muscle contracts to meet resistance, whilst shortening

ie. bicep curl

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What is an eccentric muscle contraction?

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Muscle contracts whilst lengthening

ie. Putting shopping down

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What are the four methods of stretching muscles used in yoga?

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Ballistic
Passive
Active
Facilitated

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What is ballistic stretching?

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A form of passive stretching that uses a bouncing motion

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What is passive stretching?

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Uses body weight or gravity to create a stretch

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What is active stretching?
Uses only muscular contraction to hold a pose
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What is facilitated stretching?
Briefly contracting a muscle, allowing it to stretch further once relaxed
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What is an example of ballistic stretching?
Surya Namaskar | Jumping through
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What is an example of passive stretching?
Vasisthasana
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What is an example of active stretching?
Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana
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What is an example of facilitated stretching?
Consciously contracting the hamstrings in Janu Sirsasana
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What is facilitated stretching also known as?
Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation
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What is the Golgi Tendon Organ?
A sensory receptor located where the muscle and tendon are joined
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What does the Golgi Tendon Organ detect?
Changes in tension
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What does the Golgi Tendon Organ do?
Signals the muscle to relax when tension increases
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What is abduction?
Moving a body part away from the mid line
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What is adduction?
Moving a body part towards or across the mid line
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What is axial rotation?
Rotation of the vertebral column
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What is lateral flexion?
Moving the head or trunk sideways away from the mid line
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What is circumduction?
Circular movement at a synovial joint
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What is dorsi flexion?
Flexing toes towards the face
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What is eversion?
Movement of the sole of the foot laterally at the ankle
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What is extension?
Restoring a body part to its anatomical position after flexion
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What is flexion?
Moving two bones towards each other
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What is inversion?
Movement of the sole of foot medially at the ankle
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What is medial/internal rotation?
Rotation towards the centre of the body
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What is lateral/external rotation?
Rotation away from the centre of the body
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What is plantar flexion?
Bending the foot towards the sole (pointing)
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What is pronation?
Facing downwards
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What is supination?
Facing upwards
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What is protraction?
Movement of the jaw or shoulders forward
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What is retraction?
Movement of the jaw or shoulders backward
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What are the nine major joints?
``` Ankle Knee Hip Lumbar Spine Thoracic Spine Cervical Spine Shoulder Elbow Wrist ```
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What movements are the ankle capable of?
Dorsi flexion Plantar flexion Inversion Eversion
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What movements are the knee capable of?
Flexion Extension Internal/Medial Rotation External/Lateral Rotation
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What movements are the hips capable of?
``` Flexion Extention Abduction Adduction Internal/Medial Rotation External/Lateral Rotation ```
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What movements are the lumbar spine capable of?
Flexion Extension Axial Rotation Lateral Flexion
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What movements are the thoracic spine capable of?
Flexion Extension Axial Rotation Lateral Flexion
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What movements are the cervical spine capable of?
Flexion Extension Axial Rotation Lateral Flexion
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What movements are the shoulder capable of?
``` Flexion Extension Abduction Adduction Internal/Medial Rotation External/Lateral Rotation Protraction Retraction Circumduction ```
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What movements are the elbow capable of?
Flexion Extension Pronation Supination
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What movements are the wrist capable of?
Flexion | Extension

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