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Decks in this class (21)

Week 2 - Bioenergetics and Exercise metabolism
What is bioenergetics,
What is metabolism,
What are anabolic reactions
38  cards
Week 2 - Hormonal responses to exercise
How is plasma glucose during exer...,
How is blood glucose homeostasis ...,
What is the role of thyroid hormones
26  cards
Week 3 - Central Nervous System
Whats the anatomical division of ...,
Whats the anatomical division of ...,
Whats the sensory division
50  cards
Week 3 - Autonomic Nervous System
What helps with regulation of str...,
Explain the frank starling mechanism,
Factors involved in regulation of...
19  cards
Week 4 - Muscle Structure
How many skeletal muscles make up...,
Functions of skeletal muscle,
What are the muscle actions
45  cards
Week 4 - Muscle Ageing
What are the impacts of muscle ag...,
What underlies the functional dec...,
What underlies the functional dec...
14  cards
Week 5 - Cardiovascular system
Whats the role of the cariorespir...,
What are the 2 major adjustments ...,
Whats the role of arteries and veins
33  cards
Week 6 - Circulatory responses to exercise
Metabolic regulation of resistanc...,
Redistribution of blood flow duri...,
Regulation of local blood flow du...
19  cards
Week 6 - Brain blood flow and exercise
Blood flow to the brain,
Functional consequences,
Aerobic fitness and brain flow
9  cards
Week 7 - Respiration during exercise (Part 1)
Whats the primary function of the...,
How is the maintenance of arteria...,
Structural and functional organis...
31  cards
Week 7 - Respiration During Exercise (Part 2)
Explain the ventilatory response ...,
Explain exercise hyperpnoea,
Whats the effect of increased exe...
33  cards
Week 7 - Respiration During Exercise (Part 3)
What does dalton s law state,
Whats the partial pressure of ins...,
22  cards
Week 8 - Thermoregulation and Heat Stress
Whats the normal body resting tem...,
Whats core body temperature defin...,
How is heat loss physiologically ...
35  cards
Week 8 - Exercise and Immune System
Whats the role of the immune system,
What are the different ways micro...,
What are the 3 innate immune cells
31  cards
Week 8 - Exercise and altitude
What are the barometric pressure ...,
What is the impact on barometric ...,
Whats hypoxia
22  cards
Week 9 - Effects of aerobic and Anaerobic Training
When does the overload principle ...,
What is the training principle of...,
What is the reversibility princip...
43  cards
Week 9 - Physiology of Resistance Training
Define maximal strength,
Define muscular endurance,
What is high resistance strength ...
26  cards
Week 9 - Factors affecting performance
What are some factors that can ef...,
Define fatigue,
What is the site of central fatigue
30  cards
Week 10 - training for performance
How does genetics effect anaerobi...,
What are the 3 key elements that ...,
Whats the effect of low responder...
22  cards
Week 10 - Training for Specific Populations
How does the luteal phase of the ...,
What is athletic amenorrhea,
What of female athletes develop a...
31  cards
Week 11- Exercise for Special Populations
Describe the key characteristics ...,
Describe the key characteristics ...,
Whats the effect of prolonged exe...
16  cards

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