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Chapters 1-3

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Application of mechanical principles in the study of living organisms   Biomechanics  
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Study of systems in constant motion (including zero motion) (equilibrium)   Statics  
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Study of systes subject to acceleration (changing velocity, speeding up or slowing down)   Dynamics  
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Study of appearance or description of motion (result of kinetics) (time and space)   Kinematics  
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Study of action of forces   Kinetics  
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Study of human movement   Kinesiology  
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Pertaining to quality (without the use of #'s)   Qualitative  
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Involves the use of numbers (what most questions are)   Quantitative  
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What linear and angular kinematics together (at the same damn time) is called (includes most human motion)   General Motion  
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Acceleration x time   Velocity  
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Push or a pull, characterized by magnitude, direction and point of application, Mass x acceleration (represented by F, unit is N, Newton)   Force  
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Compressive forces, pressure, squeezing forces directed axilly through body   Compression  
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Opposite of compression, directed axilly through the body (pulling, stretching force)   Tension  
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3rd category of force, directed parallel to surface   Shear  
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Asymmetric loading that produces a tension force on one side of the body's longitudinal axis and compression on the other side   Bending  
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Rotation along the longitudinal axis of the body (load-producing twisting of the body)   Torsion  
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Quantity that has magnitude and direction, represented with an arrow (force, weight, pressure)   Vectors  
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Vectors added together, determining a single vector from two or more vectors by vector addition   (Vector) Composition  
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Replaces a single vector with two perpendicular vectors, vector composition of two perpendicular vectors yields the original vector   (Vector) Resolution  
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Repeated application of a subacute load of relatively low magnitude (chronic injury)   Repetitive Loading  
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Application of sufficient force to cause injury to a biological tissue (acute injury)   Acute Loading  
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Exceeding ultimate failure point, mechanical failure of structure (fx)   Deformation  
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Object's ability to stay in motion, tendency of a body to resist a change in its state of motion, proportional to mass, has no untis   Inertia  
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Elastic vs plastic, involves collision of two bodies over a small time to which both objects exert a large force over each other   Impact  
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Quantity of motion, must have mass and velocity, units are kg.m/sec   Momentum  
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Rotary effect created by an eccentric force, moment of force, angular equivalent of linear force   Torque  
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Center of mass, point which the body's weight is equally balanced no matter position, serves as index of total body motion   Center of Gravity  
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Biological systems   Bio  
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Analysis of the action of force   Mechanics  
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Encompasses both clinical and scientific aspects of exercise and sport   Sports Medicine  
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Closer to head   Superior  
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Father from head   Inferior  
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Towards front of body   Anterior  
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Towards back of body   Posterior  
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Toward the midline of the body   Medial  
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Away from midline of the body   Lateral  
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Closer to truck   Proximal  
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Further from truck   Distal  
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Towards surface of body   Superficial  
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Inside the body away from the surface   Deep  
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Plane in which forward and backward movements occur   Sagittal Plane  
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Plane in which lateral movements occur   Frontal Plane  
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Plane in which rotational movements occur   Transverse Plane  
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Axis around which rotations in sagittal plane occur (sagittal)   Mediolateral Axis  
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Axis around which rotations in sagittal plane occur (frontal)   Anteroposterior Axis  
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Axis around which rotational movements occur   Longitudinal Axis  
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Form of motion along a line   Linear Motion  
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Form of motion along a straight line   Rectilinear Motion  
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Form of motion along a curved line   Curvilinear Motion  
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Body or portion of a body deliberately chosen by an analyst   Mechanical System  
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Quantity of matter composing a body (represented by m, untis are kg)   Mass  
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Change in motion, rate of change of velocity over time, inversely proportional to mass (represented by a, units are m/s2)   Acceleration  
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Diagram showing vector representations of all forces acting on a defined system   Free Body Diagram  
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Single resultant force derived from vector composition of all acting forces, force determining net effect of all acting forces on a body   Net Force  
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Index of elasticity between colliding bodies, ranges from 0 (perfectly plastic) to 1 (perfectly elastic)   Coefficient of Restitution  
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Attractive force that the earth exerts on a body, product of mass and acceleration of gravity, unit is N (b/c weight is force)   Weight  
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Point of application of weight force   Body's Center of Gravity  
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Force per unit of area which the force acts, describes force districution within a fluid (units are N/m2)   Pressure  
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Force per unit of area over which the force acts, commonly used to describe force distribution within a solid (units are N/m2)   Stress  
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Space occupied by a body, three dimensional (width, height, depth) (units are m3, and cm3)   Volume  
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Mass per unit of volume, small greek letter rho, units are kg/m3   Density  
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Weight per unit of volume, greek letter gamma, units are N/m3   Specific Weight  
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Product of force and time over which the force acts (units are Ns)   Impulse  
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