Careers In Kinesiology
healthcare professional who specializes in preventing, diagnosing, treating, and rehabilitating injuries
What is the athletic trainer?
The "six pack"
What is rectus abdominus or Abs
What is quadriceps?
This means to decrease the angle between two bones
What is Flexion?
There are at least this many muscles in the body.
What is 600?
fitness professional who designs and implements strength training programs to improve athletic performance.
What is the masseter?
Makes up the bulk of the chest muscles
This muscle that shin splints effect
What is the tibialis anterior?
This means the angle increases
What is extension?
non-elastic, dense, fibrous tissue that attaches a muscle to a bone
What is a tendon?
health professional who specializes in the study of food and nutrition and how they affect health and well-being
What is nutritionist?
This muscle flexes the elbow.
What is biceps brachii?
This muscle that we commonly call the calf
What is the gastrocnemius?
This means the movement is away from the midline
What is Abduction?
This is the name of a type of injury when a muscle tears.
What is a strain?
fitness professional who works with individuals or groups to create customized exercise programs to achieve fitness goals
What is personal trainer?
Abdominal muscle named because the fibers slant at an angle.
What are obliques?
This muscle group extends the leg at the knee.
What is the quadricep femoris?
This means the movement is toward the midline.
What is Adduction?
This is the largest muscle in the human body
What is gluteus maximus ?
a professional with a degree in the study of movement. They examine how muscles, bones, and joints work together to produce movement.
What is Kinesiologist?
This muscle is responsible for shoulder elevation.
Group of 3 muscles that are involved in knee flexion on the back of the thigh.
What are the hamstring group?
Rotating ankle inwards (like kicking a soccer ball) describes this type of movement.
What is inversion?
An extreme or overextension of a limb beyond the normal limit
What is hyperextension?