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Aerobic

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With oxygen

Refers to exercise that is low to medium intensity where the oxygen demand of the muscles can be met

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Anaerobic

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Without oxygen

Refers to exercise at high intensity where the demand for oxygen by the muscles is so high it cannot be met

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Hypertrophy

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Muscle becomes bigger and stronger

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Motor unit

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A motor neurone and its muscle fibres

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Motor neurones

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Nerve cells which transmit the brains instructions as electrical impulses to the muscles

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Neuromuscular junction

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Where the motor neurone and the muscle fibre meet

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All or none law

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Where a sequence of impulses has to be of sufficient intensity to stimulate all of the muscle fibres in a motor unit in order for them to contract, if not, none of them contract

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Wave summation

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Where there’s a repeated nerve impulse with no time to relax so a smooth, sustained contraction occurs, rather than twitches

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Tectanic contraction

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A sustained muscle contraction caused by a series of fast repeating stimuli

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Spatial summation

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When the strength of a contraction occurs by altering the number and size of the muscles motor units

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Muscle spindles

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Detect how far and how fast a muscle is being stretched and produce the stretch reflex

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Golgi tendon organs

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Activated when there’s tension in a muscle

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Isometric contraction

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Where there’s tension in a muscle but no visible movement

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Autogenic inhibition

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Where there’s a sudden relaxation of the muscle in response to high tension. The receptors involved in the process are Golgi tendon organs