Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Scientific Terms.

1.Muscle memory-memory motor skills.
2.Load-the overall force of weight or mass, also in resisting external force.
3.Illiopsoas- hip flexor of the hip and thigh.
4.Quadriceps- Rectus Femoris, Vastus medialis, Vastus lateralis, Vastus intermedius are all leg extensors.
5.Hamstrings- Bicep Femoris, Semitendonosis, Semimembranosis are all leg flexors
6.Hip Flexors- Iliopsoas, tensor fasciae latae, rectus femoris, sartorius,adductor longus, adductor brevus,
pectineus.
7.Hip Extensors- Gluteus maximus, Semitendinosis, semimembranosus, Bicep femoris, Adductor magnus.
8.Biceps Brachii- Flexor and pronator of the arm.
9.Distal Phalange- the furthest finger part.
10.kinesthetic awareness-The ability of the body to have sense of where the ody is in a known space.
11.pronate- the hand is facing down
12.Proximally- closer to the body
13.Inferiorly- underneath
14.supine- laying on back
15.contracting-the ability of the muscle to activate.
16.Endurance- the length of energy in muscle/body.
17.Abdominal muscles-Rectus Abdominal, external obdminal oblique, internal abdominal oblique, transversus abdominis.
18.Flexion- muscle contraction.
19.Extension- muscle contraction.
20.circumduct-the rotation and adduction and abduction in one motion.