Muscle Structure
Bundles of muscle fibers
What are fascicles?
How fast an object moves?
What is speed?
A specific pulley that can be used in machines so that the resistance changes as you go through a full ROM
What is a cam pulley?
As the centre of mass is lowered, this can occur the stability
What is increase
Another name for Type 2b muscle fibres
What is fast twitch?
Skeletal muscle most prominent in long-distance running
What is type 1
The rate at which velocity changes
What is acceleration
Moving objects closer to the body to reduce torque is necessary for this application
What is lifting an object?
The rate at which you perform exercises with maximum force to reduce the chance on injury
What is slow and controlled?
A muscle that is often considered the prime mover of a movement
What is an agonist?
The unit for striated muscle
What is a sarcomere?
What are Newton's?
Application that places a muscle at 100-120% of its resting length
What is pre-stretch?
The order for when joints are utilized in a movement follow this order
What is biggest to smallest
Exercises designed for an athlete to reach the maximum strength in the shortest period of time
What are plyometrics
The two filaments in a myofibril
What are actin and myosin
The most common type of lever found in the body
What is third-class?
The 3 areas that biomechanics are commonly used
What are performance improvement, injury prevention/rehabilitation and fitness/personal training
When an athlete rotates in the air, changing this will change how fast they rotate
What is the moment of inertia
Imaginary point of an object at which the mass in all directions adds to zero
What is centre of mass
The different layers of connective tissue associated with the muscle
What are epimysium, perimysium and endomysium?
The two types of motion a body can perform
What are linear and rotational?
The 3 components that can influence an athletes performance
What are technique, training and equipment design?
The three types of rotation an athlete may worry about
What are body, body segments and projectiles?
The amount of force applied over time in order to change the momentum
What is impulse