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health-and-fitness
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Smaller muscle - just outside of longus coli
Longus Capitus
Transverse
Physical Activity- how much
Three Basic Compensatory Patters
2. Alteration of muscle length surrounded a joint
Nitrates: Heart Rate/Blood Pressure
Feet Turn Out: Over active
Plyometric training
Muscle Imbalance
3. Yellow discoloration of urine - otherwise harmless
Iron
C
Riboflavin (b2)
Pushing Assessment-Low Back Arches-Overactive
4. Contracts the muscle in response - Normal reaction to avoid injury - Senses Muscle Lengthening
Bench Press 1RM Test
Corrective Stretching: Myofascial Release - & Static Stretching
Upper crossed Syndrome: Short Muscles
Muscle Spindle Fibers
5. Red light green light - follow the snake
SAQ Drills: For Youth
Superior
Chromium
Pushing Assessment-Head-Forward-Overactive
6. The distacne covered each stride
Vastus Lateralis
Vitamin A
Pushing Assessment-Shoulder Complex-Shoulder Elevation-Overactive
Stride Length
7. High stress on neck - shoulders - and spine
Calcium Channel Blockers: Heart Rate/Blood Pressure
High Risk Stretches: Shoulder stand
Push-Up Test
Superior
8. Headache - nausea - irritability - insomnia - rapid pulse - weak
Knees Move Inward: Under Active
Objective Information
Thiamin (b1)
Infraspinatus
9. Smaller muscle - just outside of longus coli
Relative Flexibility
Longus Capitus
Training Zone 3
TEE OR TDEE
10. Deep Cervical Flexors
Drawing in Maneuver
Manganese
Cardiorespiratory Health
Pushing Assessment-Head-Forward-Underactive
11. Performing OPT exercises in vertical manner down the template
Objective Information
Vertical Loading
Head & Cervical Spine
SAQ Drills: Seniors
12. Connective tissue surrounding fascicles
Perimysium
Three Basic Compensatory Patters
Fluoride
Single Leg Squat-Knee-Inward-Underactive
13. Plays a roll in muscle contraction by providing binding sights for calcium & tropomyosin
Troponin
VO2 R (uptake reserve)
3 Stages of Responding to Stress
Rhomoid
14. Tight agonist which inhibits its function antagonist- muscle contraction.
Stride Rate
Altered Reciprocal Inhibition
General Warm-up
Alarm reaction: Delayed onset Muscle Soreness
15. Placing stress on cardio in order to achieve optimal levels of physiological - physical - and performance adaptations
Vitamin B Carrotene
Integrated Cardiorespiratory Training
Rhomoid
Force Couples: Should abduction
16. Glute med/max - VMO
Single Leg Squat-Knee-Inward-Underactive
Diuretics: Heart Rate/Blood Pressure
RMR
Bronchodilators
17. Straight & parallel - not flat or externally rotated - In line with toes not adducted or abducted - Pelvic is level - spine in same position - Level not elevated or rounded - Lateral View: Foot & Ankle - Knee - LPHC - Shoulders
Bracing
3 Majors Muscle Types
Piriformis
Head & Cervical Spine
18. Swings from hip down to knee (long)
Pantothenic Acid
Vitamin K
Dynamic Stretching
Sartorius
19. Heels are straight and parallel - not overly pronated - Neutral position - not adducted or abducted - Pelvis is level with both posterior spines in same transverse plane - Level - not elevated or portracted - Neutral position - neither tilted nor rot
Poplites
Bronchodilators
Nitrates
Head & Cervical Spine
20. Anterior tilt to pelvis (arched lower back)
Do Not...
Poplites
Knees Move Inward: Under Active
Lower Crossed Syndrome
21. Carpometacarpal (thumb)
Carbohydrate Intake
Popular Joints: Saddle
Corrective Stretching: Myofascial Release - & Static Stretching
Epimysium
22. Low intensity exercise that does not necessarily relate to the more intense exercises
Pronation Distortion Syndrome
General Warm-up
Troponin
Ipsilateral
23. Movements toward midline
Gracilius
Adduction
Overhead Squat-Lateral View-LPHC-Forward lean-Underactive Muscles
Training Zone 3
24. Down - Down
Agility
Beta Blockers : Heart Rate/ Blood Pressure
Insulin
Longus Capitus
25. Builds aerobic base and aids in recovery
Reciprocal Inhibition
Overhead Squat-Lateral View-Upper Body-Arms fall Forward-Overactive Muscles
Training Zone 1
Left Ventricle
26. Broken down to either pyruvic acid or lactic acid. Creates 2 units of ATP from glucose and 3 ATP from glycogen. 30-50 sec/ 8-12 reps
Bench Press 1RM Test
TEF
Glycolis
Head & Cervical Spine
27. Biomechanical & neuromuscular dysfunction leading to altered joint movement (internally or externally rotating)
Altered Arthorkinetic Dysfuction
Pushing Assessment-Shoulder Complex-Shoulder Elevation-Overactive
Par-Q
Low Back Arch: Overactive Muscles
28. Position above reference
Posterior
Superior
Nitrates: Heart Rate/Blood Pressure
Subjective Information
29. Above lat - small part of shoulder
Arms Fall Forward: Underactive
Copper
Teres Major
zinc
30. Anterior tilt to pelvis - arched lower back
Pulling Assessment-LPHC-Low Back Arches-Underactive Muscles
Vasodilators
Lower Crossed Syndrome
Push-Up Test
31. Neurotoxicity
Bicep Femoris
Popular Joints: Gliding
Manganese
Do Not...
32. Anterior tibialis - Posterior Tibialis - Vastus Medialis - Gluteus maximus - medius - Hip external rotators
Pronation Distortion Syndrome: Lengthened Muscles
Kinetic Chain Check Points: Static Postural Assessment
Bicep Femoris
Synergistic Dominance
33. Just under glute max
Piriformis
Overhead Squat-Lateral View-LPHC-Low back Arches-Overactive Muscles
Phosphorous
Systolic
34. High stress on inside of knee - and knee cap. Shouldn't be performed by anyone w/ history of knee or lower back problems
Integrated Performance Paradigm
Antidepressants
High Risk Stretches: Inverted Hurdler Stretch
Piriformis
35. Elbow
Pronation Distortion Syndrome: Short Muscles
Uses for Circumference Measurements(8)
Popular Joints: Hinge
Lower Crossed Syndrome: Possible Injuries
36. Upper Traps - Levator Scapulae - Sternocloidmastoid - Scalenes - Lats - Teres Major - Subscapularis - Pecs major/minor
Arms Fall Forward: Overactive
Knees Move Inward: Under Active
Upper crossed Syndrome: Short Muscles
Recommended Protein Levels: Endurance Athletes
37. Unloading phase. Enhanced muscular performance after the eccentric phase of muscle contraction.'Release of the rubber band after being stretched.'
Concentric Phase
Perimysium
Plyometric training
Feet Turn Out: Under Active
38. .86 and .95
Drop Set
Straight Percentage Method: Zone Two
Straight Percentage Method: Zone Three
Pushing Assessment-Shoulder Complex-Shoulder Elevation-Underactive
39. Exercises that generate quick powerful movement - explosive concentric muscle contraction preceded by an eccentric muscle action
Polyunsaturated
Lower Crossed Syndrome: Possible Injuries
Gastrocnemius
Plyometric training
40. Deep Cervical Flexors - Serratus anterior - Rhomboids - Mid Traps - Teres Minor - Infraspinatus
Altered Reciprocal Inhibition
Frontal
Upper Crossed Syndrome: Lengthened Muscles
Stride Rate
41. Upper Straps - Sternocloidmastoid - Levator Scapulae
Lower Crossed Syndrome: Possible Injuries
Lower Crossed Syndrome
Pulling Assessment-Head-Froward-Overactive
Mechanoreceptors
42. Potential kidney problems - picolinate form - possible mutagenic
Diuretics: Heart Rate/Blood Pressure
Chromium
Boron
Nitrates
43. Safe - supportive shoes - proper surface - proper supervision - progressive
Parameters for Reactive Training
Arms Fall Forward: Overactive
Backside of Mechanics
Force Couples: Upward Rotation of Scapula
44. A movement used to recruit the local core stabilizers by drawing the naval into the spine
Knees Move Inward: Over Active
Drawing in Maneuver
Knees Move Inward: Over Active
Nickel
45. Neutral Position - leg vertical at right angle to sole of foot - Neutral position -not flexed or hyperextended - Pelvis neutral position - no extension or flexion - Normal kyphotic curve - not excessively rounded - Neutral Position - not in excessive
Vastus Lateralis
High Risk Stretches: Straight leg toe touch
Riboflavin (b2)
Head & Cervical Spine
46. Cellular plasm containing glycogen - fats - minerals - and myoglobin
Pronation Distortion Syndrome: Lengthened Muscles
Recommended Protein Levels: Strength Athletes
Force Couples: Should abduction
Sarcoplasm
47. The structures that make up the lumbo pelvic hip complex- lumbar spine - pelvic girdle - abdomen - and hip joint (LPHC)
Overhead Squat-Lateral View-LPHC-Low back Arches-Overactive Muscles
Serratus Anterior
Pushing Assessment-Head-Forward-Overactive
Core
48. Movements away from midline
Contralateral
Abduction
Myofilaments
Bracing
49. Predictable Patterns of Muscle Imbalances
Popular Joints: Condyloid
Tendons
TEE OR TDEE
Postural Distortion Pattern
50. Lat - Teres major - Pecs
Insulin
Overhead Squat-Lateral View-Upper Body-Arms fall Forward-Overactive Muscles
Troponin
Bicep Femoris