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Parkland KIN 288 - Module 1
Module 1 - Intro & chapter 1
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Undergraduate 2
01/29/2012

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Exercise Physiology
Definition
The study how the body’s structures and functions are altered when exposed to acute and chronic bouts of exercise. Exercise or changing environmental conditions can be utilized to stress the body.
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Sport physiology
Definition
Applies exercise physiology concepts to an athlete’s training and performance. Thus, sport physiology is derived from exercise physiology.
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Archibald V. Hill
Definition
Nobel Prize winner (1921)
Studied energy metabolism in isolated frog muscle
Conducted first studies on runners
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John S. Haldane
Definition
Developed methods of measuring oxygen use during exercise
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Lawrence J. Henderson
Definition
Biochemist that founded The Harvard Fatigue Laboratory
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David Bruce Dill
Definition
First Director of The Harvard Fatigue Laboratory
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The Harvard Fatigue Laboratory
Definition
Focused on the physiology of human movement and the effects of environmental stress on exercise
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Erik Hohwü-Christensen
Definition
Published important series of five research studies in the late 1930s on carbohydrate and fat metabolism
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Per-Olof Åstrand
Definition
Conducted studies on physical fitness and endurance capacity during the 1950s and 1960s
Term
Jonas Bergstrom
Definition
Reintroduced the biopsy needle in 1966 to study human muscle biochemistry
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John Holloszy and Charles Tipton
Definition
Introduced biochemical approach to exercise physiology research

First to use rats and mice to study muscle metabolism and fatigue
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Reggie Edgerton,
Phil Gollnick,
Bengt Saltin
Definition
Studied individual muscle fiber characteristics and their responses to training in rats and humans
Term
Acute responses
Definition
How the body responds to an individual bout of physical activity.
Term
Chronic physiological adaptations
Definition
How the body responds over time to the stress of repeated bouts of exercise, referred to as training effects.
Term
Ergometers
Definition
measure physical work in standardized conditions
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Name 2 of the most commonly used ergometes
Definition
Treadmill
Cycle
Term
Name 4 things to consider when monitoring Acute responses to exercise.
Definition
Control environmental factors such as temperature, humidity, light, and noise

Account for diurnal cycles, menstrual cycles, and sleep and eating patterns

Use the correct ergometer to measure physical work in standardized conditions

Match the mode of testing to the type of activity the subject usually performs
Term
Which of these have the most affect on Heart rate response to running?
Humidity
Temperature
Noise
Food intake
Sleep
Definition
Temperature
Term
When reading and interpreting graphs the title will identify what?
Definition
Information being presented
Term
What should be clearly presented on tables and graphs?
Definition
Units of each variable
Term
The independent variable or factor that is controlled by the study design is represented on what axis?
Definition
X-axis
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The dependent variable that will change depending on how the independent variable is manipulated is represented on which axis?
Definition
Y-axis
Term
What is Longitudinal research
Definition
Research that tests the same subjects and compares results over time
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What is Cross-sectional research?
Definition
Research that collects data from a diverse population and compares groups in that population
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What is a control group?
Definition
The group that does not receive the intervention and serves as the comparison group
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What is a Placebo group?
Definition
The group that receives an inert substance or treatment
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What is the Intervention group
Definition
The group that receives the treatment of interest to the scientific research question
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In research what does Crossover design refer to?
Definition
When each group undergoes both treatment (intervention) and control trials at different times
Term
Name 3 types of muscles.
Definition
Smooth
Cardiac
Skeletal
Term
Smooth muscles are involuntary muscles that are controlled by the autonomic nervous system.
Definition
The walls of blood vessels and throughout internal organs.
Term
Cardiac muscle is controlled by the autonomic nervous and endocrine systems. Where is cardiac muscle located?
Definition
Cardic muscle is located ONLY in the heart.
Term
Skeletal muscles are what type of muscle?
Definition
Voluntary
Term
What is another name for a muscle cell?
Definition
Muscle fiber
Term
The plasma membrane that encloses a muscle fiber is called what?
Definition
Sarcolemma
Term
What is sarcoplasm?
Definition
The cytoplasm of a muscle fiber.
Term
The sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) stores what?
Definition
Calcium
Term
Myofibrils are made up of what?
Definition
Sarcomeres
Term
A sarcomere is composed of 2 protein filaments called what?
Definition
Actin and Myosin
Term
The thick filament, is composed of two protein strands, each folded into a globular head at one end
Definition
Myosin
Term
The thin filament is composed of actin, tropomyosin, and troponin
Definition
Z-disk
Term
One a-motor neuron innervates many muscle fibers, collectively called what?
Definition
motor unit
Term
A motor neuron releases _________________ at the neuromuscular junction.
Definition
Acetylcholine (ACh)
Term
ACh binds to receptors on the ______________.
Definition
Sarcolemma
Term
If enough ACh binds to receptors, an ____________ ______________ is transmitted the full length of the muscle fiber.
Definition
action potential
Term
Calcium binds to _____________ on the actin filament.
Definition
troponin
Term
Troponin pulls tropomyosin off the active sites, allowing _________ _______ to attach to the actin filament
Definition
myosin heads
Term
The Sliding Filament Theory explains the generation of _____________ ____________.
Definition
muscle force
Term
What enters the muscle cell depolarizing the plasmalemma?
Definition
Sodium
Term
A muscle contraction is initiated by what?
Definition
an a-motor neuron action potential
Term
Muscle contraction ends when ___________ is actively pumped out of the sarcoplasm back to the sarcoplasmic reticulum
Definition
calcium
Term
What allows us to study muscle fibers and the effects of acute exercise and chronic training on muscle fiber composition
Definition
muscle biopsy
Term
What are the 2 muscle fiber types?
Definition
Slow twitch
Fast twitch
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Slow twitch fibers are also known as:
Definition
Type I
Oxidative
Term
Type II fibers are also known as ______________.
Definition
Fast twitch fibers
Term
All fibers types tend to reach their peak power at _____% peak force.
Definition
20%
Term
Which fiber type has a more developed SR?
Definition
Type !!
Term
Which is not true?
Type II motor units are larger compared to type I motor units

Type II motor units have less muscle fibers to contract and produce less force than type I motor units

The proportion of type I and type II fibers in an individual’s arm and leg muscles are usually similar
Definition
Type II motor units have less muscle fibers to contract and produce less force than type I motor units

-Type II fibers have more muscle fibers and produce more force than type I
Term
Which fiber type has a higher aerobic endurance?
Definition
Type I
Term
Name 4 things determines fiber type?
Definition
Genetics
a-motor neuron that innervates the muscle fibers
Endurance training
Aging
Term
Motor units are activated on the basis of a fixed order. This is known as the _______________________________________.
Definition
Principle of orderly recruitment
Term
Define:
Size principle
Definition
The order of motor unit recruitment is directly related to the motor neuron size
Term
Motor units give an ________________ response.
Definition
all-or-none
Term
In what order are muscle types recruited?
Definition
type I --> type IIa --> type IIx
Term
True or False

Muscle fiber composition differs in athletes by sport and event
Definition
True
Term
Endurance events are characterized by a higher percentage of type _______ fibers
Definition
Type II
Term
Force is developed while the muscle is shortening
Definition
Concentric contraction
Term
Isometric contraction
Definition
Force is generated but the length of the muscle is unchanged
Term
Force is generated while the muscle is lengthening
Definition
Eccentric contraction
Term
Name 3 types of muscle contraction
Definition
Concentric
Isometric
Eccentric
Term
Force production is maximized at what point?
Definition
when the muscle is at its optimal length
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