The group of muscles found in the front of you thigh responsible for the extension of the knee.
What are the quadriceps?
100
Carbohydrates, fats, and proteins.
What are the 3 sources of fuel that our body uses?
100
A movement where the joint bends so that the bones of the joint move closer to one another.
What is flexion?
100
This is the biggest and strongest bone in the body.
What is the femur?
200
A joint that allows some movement, found in the vertebral column.
What is a cartilaginous joint?
200
It is muscle that contracts involuntarily and is found in the heart.
What is cardiac muscle?
200
This system fuels any immediate exercise for up to 10 seconds and then runs out, taking approximately 60 seconds to fully restore.
What is the ATP-PC system?
200
A movement where the joint is straightened to its full extent.
What is extension?
200
This synovial joint involves the tibia, fibula, femur, and patella bones.
What is the knee joint?
300
A joint that allows no movement at all, found in between the sutures of the cranium.
What is a fibrous joint?
300
This type of muscle contracts involuntarily and lines the inside of our organs.
What is smooth muscle?
300
This system is used for exercise ranging from 30 seconds to 2 minutes and performed at an intensity 85-95% of our maximum heart rate.
What is the anaerobic/lactic acid energy system?
300
A movement away from the central line of the body.
What is abduction?
300
There are 7 of these located in the spinal column.
What are the cervical vertebrae?
400
A type of synovial joint that allows the following movement to take place: flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, rotation, and circumduction.
What is a ball and socket joint?
400
A connective tissue that connects muscle to bone.
What is a tendon?
400
This system is used for continuous exercise that lasts longer than 5 minutes and is performed at an intensity ranging from 0-85% of maximum heart rate.
What is the aerobic energy system?
400
A movement towards the central line of the body.
What is adduction?
400
In any given movement this is the muscle that contracts and is responsible for the movement.
What is an agonist?
500
A type of synovial joint that allows flexion and extension only to take place. The knee and elbow are this type of joint.
What is a hinge joint?
500
A connective tissue that connects bone to bone.
What is a ligament?
500
Our body converts all fuel into this usable form of energy.
What is ATP?
500
A movement which causes part of the body to describe a complete circle.
What is circumduction?
500
This muscle is responsible for FLEXION of the hip.