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Exercise Physiology

Basics:  
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Characteristics of Life
Requirements for Life
Three Gradients of Physiological Importance
Homeostasis
Responses and Adaptations
Maximal Oxygen Consumption
Skeletal Muscle
Four Characteristics of Muscle
Skeletal Muscle and Sarcomere Structure
Sliding Filament Theory
Role of Troponin and Tropomyosin in Skeletal Muscle Contraction
Sequence of Muscular Contraction and Relaxation
Types of Muscle Fibers: Type I, Type IIa and Type IIb
Role of the Nervous System in Muscular Contraction
5 Things That Activate Alpha Motor Neurons
Four Ways that Muscle Can Generate Force
Nervous System
Structure of the Neuromuscular Junction
Neurotransmitters: Excitatory and Inhibitory
Generation of the Movement Stimulus in the Brain
Types of Receptors that Work with the Nervous System

 

 
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