LifeFitness
Muscle Identification
Week 1 ... Key Words
• Belly of muscle
• Sacromere
• Types of muscle tissue
√
√
√
• Electrical stimulus
√ Voluntary
√ Involuntary
• Lactic Acid
• Fatigue
• Microtears
• Hypertrophy/Atrophy
• Wolfe's Law
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√
• Delayed Onset Syndrome
• Ice treatment
Smooth muscle
Gap
junction
Skeletal muscle
Cardiac muscle
LifeFitness
Muscle Identification
Week 1 ... Key Words
• Belly of muscle Overall mass of the
named muscle
• Sacromere smallest unit or muscular
contraction at the microscopic level
• Types of muscle tissue
√ skeletal
√ cardiac
√ smooth … digestive
• Electrical stimulus
√ Voluntary you control muscular reaction
√ Involuntary you do not control
• Lactic Acid chemical by product to
muscular contration
• Fatigue build up of lactic acid, exhaustion
of muscle
• Microtears microscopic tears of muscle tissue
• Hypertrophy/Atrophy increase in muscle size,
decrease of muscle mass
• Wolfe's Law
√ muscle stronger bones get stronger
√ muscles weaker bones become weaker
• Delayed Onset Syndrome muscle soreness
the next day after exercising
• Ice treatment ice injuries, suggest icing
muscles to relieve soreness and aid in recovery
Smooth muscle
Skeletal muscle
Cardiac muscle
Gap
junction