Cancer
What is the most frequently diagnosed form of cancer?
Skin cancer
What type of joint is the hip?
Ball-and-socket
What is the basic contractile unit of muscle?
Sarcomere
What type of injury affects a ligament?
Sprain
What are yoga body poses called?
Asanas
What is the growth of new blood vessels supplying a tumor called?
Angiogenesis
What is the “sit bone” called?
Ischial tuberosity
What are thick myofilaments made of?
Myosin
What type of injury affects muscle or tendon?
Strain
What is the longest muscle in the body?
Sartorius
Approximately how many diseases fall under the cancer heading
more than 100
Which quadriceps muscle crosses two joints?
Rectus femoris
What are thin myofilaments made of?
Actin
What type of stretch is performed while the client is completely relaxed?
Passive stretch
What does bi-articular mean?
Acts across two joints
What does the “M” in TNM represent?
Metastasis
Which hamstring inserts on the head of the fibula?
Biceps femoris
What structure stores and releases calcium in muscle cells?
Sarcoplasmic reticulum
A stretch that is too forceful or rapid may engage which proprioceptive structure?
Muscle spindle
What is the broad, flat tendon attaching muscle to bone called?
Aponeurosis
: What cancer process involves proliferation, angiogenesis, and migration?
Metastasis
Which three muscles insert at the pes anserinus?
Sartorius, gracilis, and semitendinosus
What is a single motor neuron and all the muscle fibers it controls called?
Motor unit
What neuromuscular law is used with agonist contract stretching?
Reciprocal inhibition
What are the layers of muscle fascia from deepest to most superficial?
Endomysium → Perimysium → Epimysium → Deep fascia