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Knee joint can be described as
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Synovial
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Most human limbs operate as which class of lever?
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3rd
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How is power described in a formula?
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Force X Velocity
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To compare athletes a lift must be multiplied by
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Body weight to the 2/3 power
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During free weight exercise, muscle force varies with what three things?
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Perpendicular distance from the weight to the body joint, Joint Angle, and Movement Velocity
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Vertical Jump involves knee, hip, and shoulder movement in primarily which plane?
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Sagittal
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A person is performing a concentric isokinetic elbow flexion and extension exercise. What 2 types of levers occur at the elbow during this exercise?
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1st and 3rd
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Appendicular skeleton consists of
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Shoulder girdle and all bones distal to those structures as well as pelvic girdle and all bones distal to those structures
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Name a cartilaginous joint
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Intravertebral disks
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The prime mover is also called the ______ muscle
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Agonist
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The class of lever for which the muscle force and resistive force act on oppopsite sides of the fulcrum
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1st class
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Calf muscle acts as what type of lever
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2nd
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Which lever does the resistive force and the muscle force act on the same side of the fulcrum, giving a mechanical disadvantage?
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3rd class
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What form of muscle is the biceps brachii?
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Fusiform
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What form are most skeletal muscles?
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Pennate
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