Kinesiology Glossary
Kinesiology Glossary
25 terms
My field of study is kinesiology. It is a science of human movement who focus on how every part of the human body work together. A glossary can be important to simplified very complicated terms use in kinesiology but also in physiotherapy and when you are a trainer. Also, these people who all work together can communicate with the same words, and it makes this easier for them.
- adaptive plasticity
- Ability of an individual to change its phenotype or physiology in response to changes in environmental conditions in a way that maintains the organism’s development, form, function, and so its ability to contribute to the next generation.
- aerobic
- Relating to or denoting exercises that improves or is intended to improve the efficiency of the body's cardiovascular system in absorbing and transporting oxygen.
- agonist
- A muscle whose contraction moves a part of the body directly.
- anaerobic
- Relating to or denoting exercises that does not improve the efficiency of the body's cardiovascular system in absorbing and transporting oxygen.
- anatomy
- Scientific study of the body and how its parts are arranged.
- anterior
- Nearer the front, especially situated in the front of the body or nearer to the head.
- biarticulate
- A muscle that crosses two joints.
- biomechanics
- The study of the mechanical laws relating to the movement or structure of living organisms.
- circumduction
- Movement of the limb, hand, or fingers in a circular pattern, using the sequential combination of a flexion, adduction, extension, and abduction motions.
- concentric
- When the total length of the muscle shortens as tension is produced.
- depression
- Downward movement of the scapula or mandible.
- electrophysiology
- Branch of physiology that deals with the electrical phenomena associated with nervous and other bodily activity.
- hypertrophy
- The enlargement of an organ or tissue from the increase in size of its cells.
- inversion
- The movement of the sole towards the median plane – so that the sole faces in a medial direction.
- medial
- Toward the middle or center.
- motor redundancy
- A state in which several combinations of elements can be used to perform a certain motor task.
- neuromuscular
- Relating to both nerves and muscles.
- neuroplasticity
- The ability of the brain to form and reorganize synaptic connections, especially in response to learning or experience or following injury.
- orthopedic
- Relating to the branch of medicine dealing with the correction of deformities of bones or muscles.injury.
- pathology
- The science of the causes and effects of diseases, especially the branch of medicine that deals with the laboratory examination of samples of body tissue for diagnostic or forensic purposes.
- proximal
- Nearer to the center (trunk of the body) or to the point of attachment to the body.
- rehabilitation
- A set of interventions designed to optimize functioning and reduce disability in individuals with health conditions in interaction with their environment.
- stimuli
- Event that evokes a specific functional reaction in an organ or tissue.
- synergist
- Assists the agonist muscle or “primary mover” for a specific action at a joint.
- vO2 max
- The maximum amount of oxygen that an individual can utilize during intense or maximal exercise.