Nutrition
Maximum daily intakes that are unlikely to pose a risk of adverse health effects
What is Tolerable Upper Intake Levels (ULs)
What is a single motor neuron and all of the muscle fibers it innervates
What is motor unit
The loss of elasticity (or hardening) of the arteries is known as
What is arteriosclerosis
Two hormones released by the posterior pituitary gland
What are oxytocin and antidiuretic hormone (ADH)
Name given to a muscle that opposes a movement
What is antagonist
Macronutrient composed of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen
What is protein
Calcium storage site
What is sarcopalasmic reticulum
This disorder is characterized by limitations in airflow that is not fully reversible.
What is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Hormone secreted by alpha cells in the pancreas when blood glucose levels drop to promote mobilization of glucose and fatty acids
What is glucagon
Type of lever in Plantar flexion
What is second class lever
Classifies a food by how high and for how long it raises blood glucose
What is glycemic index (GI)
This is the largest nerve in the body
What is sciatic nerve
Uncoordinated gait, headache, dizziness, vomiting, and elevated body temperature are signs and symptoms of...
What is heat exhaustion and heat stroke
Metabolic pathway in which lactate produced by anaerobic glycolysis in the muscles moves to the liver and is converted to glucose,
What is Cori cycle
This muscle originates from the medial and lateral condyles of the femur and inserts on the calcaneous via the calcaneous tendon
What is gastrocnemius
Most abundant protein in the blood?
What is albumin?
Byproducts of oxidative phosphorylation
What is water and CO2
This disease results from a lack of red blood cells or dysfunctional red blood cells in the body.
Anemia
Secretes catecholamines (epinephrine/norepinephrine)
What is adrenal medulla
Ratio of moment arm through which an applied force acts to that through which a resistive force acts
This mineral is an important constituent of hemoglobin and myoglobin; plays a role in oxygen transport and utilization of energy
What is iron
What is titin
Disease in which nerve cell damage in the brain causes dopamine levels to drop, often causing tremors
What is Parkinson's
A powerful vasoconstrictor that stimulates aldosterone release, which increases Na+ reabsorption to restore body fluid volume
Angiotensin II
Plane where pronation/supination occurs
What is transverse plane