Scientific Foundations: Exercise Science Flashcards
(134 cards)
,,What hormone stimulates the catabolism of amino acids to carbohydrates?
Cortisol
What are exercises that load the spine and are typically compound movements?
Structural Exercises
What breathing technique where the athlete takes a deep breath and holds it to create intra-abdominal pressure to stabilize the core and spine?
The valsalva maneuver
What method has an athlete perform repetitions past failure with the help of a spotter?
Forced Repetitions.
What is A condition characterized by a decrease in blood pH due to an accumulation of acid in the body, which can occur from increased production of metabolic acids like lactate or from conditions that reduce the body’s ability to remove or buffer acids?
Metabolic Acidosis
What process play a role in energy production by transforming ADP to ATP by adding a phosphate group to ATP?
Phosphorylation
What biomechanical process adds a phophate group to a molecule?
Phosphorylation
What coenzyme plays crucial roles in glycolysis and the Krebs cycle by carrying electrons through the electron transport chain, where they are used to produce ATP aerobically?
NADH
What is the difference between a muscles origin and insertion? (Pg. 20)
Origin is the attachment site that is most proximal or closest to the center of the body. Insertion, on the other hand, is most distal or furthest away from the center of the body.
What marks the boundaries of a single sarcomere and is the place thin Actin filaments attach? Does it change in length? Does it run horizontally or vertically?
- zline/z disc
- Do not change length, but move closer together during contractions
- run vertically
Within the sarcomere, what part acts as a boundary and has the thin actin filaments connect to it and as the muscle contracts, they do not change in length but get closer to one another?
Z-line or Z-disc
What is the A-band (MYOSIN) in a sarcomere?
- The dark area that contains the entire length of the myosin thick filaments
- Where the thick filaments are found and also contain the area where the myosin thick filaments overlap with the actin thin filaments
- Length does not change during muscle contraction
Within the sarcomere, what section contains the entire myosin thick filament and does not change during muscle contraction?
A-Band
What is the I-band? Does it change in length during muscle contraction?
I-Band
The central region of the A-Band where only thick filaments (myosin) are present. Shortens or disappears during contraction.
H-Zone
What is the centerline of the H-zone
where the myosin heads anchor/connect?
M-line
What parts of the sarcomere run horizontally? What parts run vertically?
Horizontal: A-band; I-band; H-zone; Myosin Thick Filaments; Actin Thin Filaments
Vertical: Z-line (Z-disc) and M-line
What parts of the Sarcomere change in length during muscle contraction? What parts stay the same? Why?
Sarcomere
What idea represents the relationship between motor unit twitch force and recruitment threshold where motor units are recruited based on their size, recruiting smaller units first and progressively larger units as the force production demands increase? (pg. 91)
The Size Principle
What is the size principle? (pg. 91)
Represents the relationship between motor unit twitch force and recruitment threshold.
Motor units are recruited first in order based on their size, recruiting smaller units first and progressively larger units as the force production demands increase.
What is sarcopenia? (pg. 148-149)
The common decreases seen in strength and muscle mass due to aging. Typically due to decreased activity.
What process describes the common decreases in strength and muscle mass due to aging, which is typically a result of decreased activity? (Pg. 148-149)
Sarcopenia
What is Osteopenia?
Decreases in bone mineral density and a precursor to osteoporosis?
What term describes a decline in bone mineral density and is a precursor to osteoporosis?
Osteopenia