Lower Extremity
The medical term for the knee cap
Patella
Medical term for your fingers
Phalanges
Name of your academic advisor
Leanne Leclerc
The 3 main macronutrients
Carbohydrates, fats, protein
The number of bones in the human body
206
The knee has this many major ligaments
4 (ACL, PCL, MCL, LCL)
The triceps have this many heads:
3 (long head, medial head, lateral head)
These are 3 of UMass Kinesiology professors (answers can vary)
Thomas St. Laurent, Eliza Frechette, Jay Gump, Judi Labranche, etc.
This macronutrient is the main energy source for fast, explosive movements
Carbohydrates
VO2 max
Prevents the tibia from translating anteriorly, hence the name "anterior cruciate ligament"
This is the most unstable joint in the human body
Shoulder
This exam is commonly taken by pre-med students
MCAT
True or False: having a pasta party the day before your game is the best way to "carbo load"
False
The _____ muscle causes movement, while the _______ muscle inhibits movement.
Agonist; antagonist
The four muscles of the quadriceps
Rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus medialis, vastus intermedius
The shoulder is responsible for all 7 of these movements
Flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, external rotation, internal rotation, and circumduction
True or False: you can see a physical therapist without a referral from your doctor
True
Which nutrient can be broken down but not used as energy?
Alcohol
These 6 classes are required before continuing onto upper-level KIN courses
Math 127, Math 128, Physics 131, Chem 111, Kin 100, Kin 100
Plantarflexing while the knee is flexed provides more activation to this muscle
Soleus
The four muscles of the rotator cuff
Supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor, and subscapularis
Approximately how many students (in %) take a gap year before medical school
43%
Restriction of this food group leads to enhanced muscle and tissue oxygenation, therefore leading to increased sports performance
Meat
NEACSM stands for this:
The New England Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine