Set of two exercises that are performed back to back without any rest...
A hollow muscular organ that pumps a circulation of blood through the...
Positioned near the middle of the body.
The muscle that acts as the initial and main source of motive power
The body's framework, composed of bones and joints.
Series of muscles that moves the skeletons
An unstable (yet conrollable) physical situation in which exercises...
Fluid that circulates in the heart, arteries, capillaries and veins,...
On the back of the body.
The fifth phase in the OPT model is...
Joints that are held together by a joint capsule and ligaments and are...
Does not require oxygen.
On the front of the body.
The communication network within the body.
Requires oxygen.
Positioned below the point of reference.
Rotation of a joint away from the middle of the body.
These tests is designed to estimate a cardiovascular starting...
The superior chamber of the heart that receives blood from the veins...
The smallest blood vessels which connect venules with arterioles.
A study that uses principles of physics to quantitatively study how...
Position above a point of reference.
Positioned farthest from the center of the body or reference point.
Positioned on the same side of the body.
Composed of the brain and the spinal cord.
Position nearest the center of the body or point of reference.
Rotation of a joint toward the middle of the body.
Skin-fold calipers, bioelectrical impedance and underwater weighing...
A state of lost physical fitness, which may include muscle imbalances,...
The three building blocks of the Optimum Performance Training model...
Provide a resting ground for muscles and protection of vital organs.
The movable junction where two or more bones meet.
The straightening of a joint, causing angle to joint to increase.
The rectus abdominis (concentrically accelerates the spinal flexion,...
Repeated practice of motor control processes which lead to a change in...
The ability of the nervous system to communicate effectively with the...
A system of the body composed of the heart, blood and blood vessels.
Bending of a joint...causing the angle to the joint to decrease.
How many phases are there in the OPT model?
The functional unit of the nervous system.
Joints that do not have a joint cavity, connective tissue or...
The inferior chamber of the heart that receives blood from its...
A muscle maintaining a certain length.
The shortening of a muscle.
Information provide by some external source such as a health and...
Muscles that perform the opposite actions of the prime movers.
A system of the body composed of the cardiovascular and respiratory...
The contraction of a muscle generated by neural stimulation.
Muscles that support or stabilize the body while the prime movers and...
The lengthening of a muscle.
The patella is a bone that is...
An imaginary bisector that divides the body into left and right...
An imaginary bisector that divides the body into top and bottom...
The sternocleidomastoid is a muscle that is part of...
The posterior and anterior tibialis is considered part of the...
The functional unit of muscle that produces muscular contraction and...
Positioned on the opposite side of the body.
The psoas is considered part of the...
Transmit nerve impulses from the brain and spinal cord to the effector...
The teres minor is a muscle that is part of the...
The ability of the neuromuscular system to enable all muscles to...
Portion of the skeletal sysem that consists of the skull, rib cage,...
Chemical messengers taht cross synapses to transmit electrical...
The radius is a bone that is in...
Portion of the skeletal system that includes the upper and lower...
An imaginary bisector that divides the body into front and back...
Movement of a body part away from the middle of the body.
Flattened or indented portion of bone which can be a muscle attachment...
Joint motion.
The gastrocnemius is considered part of the...
Transmit nerve impulses from effector sites to the brain or spinal...
Transmit nerve impulses from one neuron to another.
Muscle groups moving together to produce movement around the joint.
The combination and interrelation of the nervous, muscular and...
The lavator scapulae is a muscle that is considered part of...
The femur is a bone in the...
A systematic problem-solving method that provides the health and...
Vessels that carry blood away from the heart.
Sensory receptors responsible for sensing distortion in body tissues.
A motor neuron and all of the muscle fibes it innervates.
Muscles that assist the prime movers.
The ability of the neuromuscalar system to monitor and manipulate...
Connective tissues that attach muscle to bone and provide an anchor...
Vessels that carry blood from the capillaries toward the heart.
The process of actively or passively relaxing inspiratory muscles to...
Blood pressure 130/85 is considered
The very small veins that connect capillaries to the larger veins.
The cooperation of the nervous and muscular system in gathering...
The process of actively contracting inspiratory muscles to move air...
The vastus lateralis is considered part of...
Maintaining a state of balance in the alignment of the kinetic chain.
The humerus is a bone that is part of the...
Primary connective tissue that connects bones together and provides...
Small terminal branches of an artery which end in capillaries.
The length at which a muscle can produce the greatest force.
Receptors sensitive to change in tension of the muscle and the rate of...
Receptors that respond to pressure, acceleration and deceleration in...
A system of organs (lungs and respiratory passageways) that collects...
Receptors sensitive to change in length of the muscle and the rate of...
Projections protruding from the bone where muscles, tendons and...
Network of hollow tubes that circulates blood throughout the body.
When making a circumference measurement of the thigh...
Cranial and spinal nerves that spread throughout the body.
The cumulative sensory input to the central nervous system from all...
Towards the outside of the body.
The bicep femoris (long and short head) is considered part of the...
The peroneus longus is considered part of the...
The tensor fascia latae (TFL) is considered part of the...
The rhomboids are muscles that considered part of the...
Measuring data about a client's physical state such as body...
The lower, middle and upper trapizius muscles are considered part...
The process whereby sensory information is used by the body to...
The quadratus lumborum is a muscle that is considered part of...
The alignemt and function of all components of the kinetic chain at...
The neuromuscular response to the sensory information.
BMI of 25 - 30 is considered...
The ability of the nervous system to analyae and interpret sensory...
The study of posture and movements and the involved structures and...
The process of the body responding to internal and external stimuli.
The alignment of the musculoskeletal system that allows our center of...