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    long period of time. | Walk 2 miles at a brisk pace every day. | Reduced the risk of heart disease‚ hypertension‚ and high cholesterol. | Muscular Strength | The maximum Force able to exert by a single contraction of a muscle or muscle group. | Create a resistance exercise | The ability to lift heavier objects or carry them longer. | Muscular Endurance | The ability to perform high-intensity muscle contraction repeatedly without fatiguing. | Go running or swimming. | Increase’s

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    Wathan‚ D. Load assignment. In: Essentials of strength training and Conditioning. (1994). T.R Baechle‚ ed. Champaign‚ IL: Human kinetics‚ pp. 435-439 12 13. Stark‚ M‚ Lukaszuk‚ J‚ Prawitz‚ A‚ and Salacinski‚ A. Protein timing and its effects on muscular hypertrophy and strength in individuals engaged in weight-training. Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition‚ 9:54‚ 2012 14 15. Fleck‚ S. J. Periodized strength training: A critical review. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

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    Unit 1. Homeostasis and Integument 1. Define what is meant by homeostasis in living systems a. Homeostasis = Body wisdom ↓ ↓ Steady state * Homeostasis keeps us healthy * The means by which organisms (our body) maintain a constant internal environment in spite of fluctuations in the external environment. * This means humans have narrow limits we have to keep. 1. Body temp 2. Water content * Our blood contains 92% water and has to maintain

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    CHAPTER 3: THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM Three Types of Muscle * Muscle tissue is a collection of cells that shorten during contraction which create tension that results in movement * Tendons are touch bands of connective tissue that join muscle with bones Skeletal muscles * Muscles that are attached to bone (by tendons and other tissue) * Comprise 30 to 40% of human body weight * Humans have conscious control (conscious muscle) over these muscles (the brain can tell them what to do)

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    list seven ways List seven ways of naming muscles‚ giving an example of each Name the principal axial muscles of the body and describe their origins‚ insertions‚ actions‚ and innervations. Name the principal appendicular muscles of the body and describe their origins‚ insertions‚ actions‚ and innervations. Compare and contrast the major muscle groups of the upper and lower limbs and relate their similarities and differences to their function.
 
 With over 700 muscles in the body‚ it can

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    Neuromuscular blocking drugs were first used by South American Indians on their arrows to paralyze their prey. During that time neuromuscular drugs were called curare. They were first written about in a letter by a chronicler‚ employed by the Court of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella‚ in 1516. In the 18th century Edward Bancroft‚ a physician‚ brought samples of curare back from South America and Sir Benjamin Brodie showed how small animals could be left alive after being injected with curare and

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    Vascular Dementia Vascular dementia is a common cause of dementia in the elderly. Dementia is a condition that affects the brain and causes people to not think well or act normally. Vascular dementia is one type of dementia. It occurs when blood clots block small blood vessels in the brain and destroy brain tissue. Likely risk factors are high blood pressure and advanced age. This disease can cause stroke‚ migraine-like headaches‚ and psychiatric disturbances. SYMPTOMS Confusion. Problems

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    Lab #3: Isotonic contraction and the effect of load on skeletal muscles Abstract The job of the motor nervous system is to control certain elements in muscles simultaneously to ultimately produce movement. Movement of the body is the result of specialized cells directly associated with skeletal muscle. Skeletal muscles are voluntary muscle and must contract before movement can occur. We know the muscle team moving the arm is formed at the biceps and triceps. Biceps can bend the elbow‚ but

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    When a muscle fibre is contracted this occurs in reaction to an electric signal from the nervous system. A motor neuron is a nerve cell that links and innervates many muscle fibres. The space in the middle of the motor neuron and muscle fibres is referred to as a neuromuscular junction where communication between the nervous and muscle system arise according to (Kenney & Wilmore and Costill‚ 2015). A series of events that triggers the muscle fibre to contract is termed

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    Exercise Science Skeleton: muscles and everything eels attaches- mamabone – jaw bone ** we are born with soft bones‚ how many do we have? About 300 soft bones. they turn into 206 adult solid bones- If we can have a strong core – and deep abdominal muscle called “tranferus abdomenus”- wraps around your core- because it wraps around when it tightens ‚ it tightens up around the spine and gives it a lot of stability- the spine ( a whole lot of bones sitting on top of each other) we don’t want

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