Ch. 6
Normal blood pressure reading.
Breaking down of bone over time.
What is osteoporosis?
The primary source of energy in the body.
Central NS v. Peripheral NS
What is brain and spinal cord v. limbs?
The position with the body erect, the arms at the sides, and the palms forward. It is the position of reference for anatomic nomenclature.
What is Anatomic Position?
The process of nutrients being taken in by the digestive system.
What is absorption?
What is a tendon?
Muscle fibers that are more resistant to fatigue.
The concept that is described by the brain continuously adapting and growing throughout a person's life.
What is Neuroplasticity?
An imaginary bisector that divides the body into left and right halves.
What is the Sagittal Plane?
What are arteries, veins, and capillaries?
The system of the body containing the bones of the extremities (Arms, Legs, Hands, Feet)
What is the appendicular system?
Contractile components of a muscle cell.
What are myofibrils?
The system of the body responsible for flight or fight response.
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
The science concerned with the internal and external forces acting on the human body and the effects produced by these forces.
What is Biomechanics?
The number of calories needed to maintain the body's energy at rest.
What is Basal Metabolic Rate?
What is Wolff's Law?
The specialized site where the nervous system communicates directly with muscle fibers.
What is a neuromuscular junction?
A concept that describes the human body as a chain of interdependent links that work together to perform movement.
What is Kinetic Chain?
A movement in which the inferior calcaneus (heel bone) moves laterally. The bottom of foot faces outward.
What is Eversion?
The organ that produces insulin.
What is the pancreas?
The large-scale, visible movements of bones around a joint.
What is Osteokinematics?
The 5 layers of a muscle, in order from largest to smallest.
What is the Fascia, Epimysium, Fascicles, Perimysium, Endomysium?
Specific movements through the coordinated effort of the sensory and motor subsystems.
What are motor skills?
When range of motion at a joint is limited.
What is a Hypomobility?