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ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY FOR COACHES

HDPE 267- Introduction to Coaching / Dr. C. Stewart

The A&P exam in HDPE 267 will cover these areas.

 

THE HUMAN SKELETON

How many bones in the body?

What are four functions of human bone?

What are the two general sections of the human skeleton?

What are four basic characteristics of human bone?

What is a joint in the human body?

How are joints generally characterized?

What are the functions/characteristics of ligaments?

What are the functions/characteristics of tendons?

 

What are the bones that form the human knee?

What is the ACL?

What is the MCL?

What are the functions of cartledge?

What are the bones that form the human ankle?

What are the bones that form the human shoulder?

What are the bones that form the human elbow?

What are the bones that form the human wrist?

What & where is/are the;

cranium

5 regions of the spinal column

the sternum & ribs (& what do they do)

What are the common injuries to bones?

 

the bones of:

the arm

the hand

the hip

the leg

the foot

 

 

THE HUMAN MUSCULAR SYSTEM

What is muscle?

What are muscles made of?

What are the basic types of muscles?

What type of movement is:

  • flexion
  • extention
  • abduction
  • adduction
  • rotation
  • supination & pronation
  • dorsiflexion
  • plantar flexion?

 

Know the location of these muscles:

  • sterncleidomastoid
  • trapezius
  • the rhomboids
  • deltoid
  • bicep
  • tricep
  • brachialis
  • brachioradialis
  • supinator
  • pectoralis major
  • latissimus dorsi
  • internal & external obliques
  • rectus abdominus
  • iliosopsoas
  • gluteus maximus
  • 'the quads'
  • the 'hamstrings'
  • gastrocnemious
  • soleus
  • tibialis

 

How do we make muscles stronger?

What is muscle hypertrophy?

...atrophy?

How does aerobic activity affect muscle?

What are three common injuries to muscle?

 

MUSCLE PHYSIOLOGY:

Where does a voluntary movement start?

What is the function of:

  • actin
  • myosin
  • neurotransmitter
  • calcium
  • ATP

What is ATP?

What are three sources of ATP?

How are those three sources related to athletic events?