ExPhys Ch. 7 Vocab 3rd Set

What is the term for when all muscles surrounding a joint have optimal length-tension relationships, allowing the joint to rest in a neutral position?

• Altered length-tension relationship

• Muscle balance

• Reciprocal inhibition

• Muscle imbalance

Which term describes when a muscle's resting length is too short or too long, reducing the amount of force it can produce?

• Altered length-tension relationship

• Muscle balance

• Altered reciprocal inhibition

• Reciprocal inhibition

What occurs when an agonist receives a signal to contract, and its functional antagonist also receives an inhibitory signal allowing it to lengthen?

• Muscle imbalance

• Altered reciprocal inhibition

• Reciprocal inhibition

• Altered length-tension relationship

Which term is used when an overactive agonist muscle decreases the neural drive to its functional antagonist?

• Altered reciprocal inhibition

• Muscle balance

• Reciprocal inhibition

• Muscle imbalance

What is the term for when muscles on each side of a joint have altered length-tension relationships?

• Muscle balance

• Altered length-tension relationship

• Muscle imbalance

• Reciprocal inhibition

Which term best describes the optimal resting position of a joint that allows it to function efficiently through its entire normal range of motion?

• Neutral position

• Muscle balance

• Altered length-tension relationship

• Reciprocal inhibition

What is the term for the loading of a muscle eccentrically to prepare it for a rapid concentric contraction?

• Series elastic component

• Stretch-shortening cycle

• Amortization phase

• Stretch reflex

Which term refers to the springlike non-contractile component of muscle and tendon that stores elastic energy?

• Series elastic component

• Stretch reflex

• Amortization phase

• Muscle synergies

What is the transition from eccentric loading to concentric unloading during the stretch-shortening cycle called?

• Stretch reflex

• Amortization phase

• Series elastic component

• Muscle balance

Which term describes the neurological signal from the muscle spindle that causes a muscle to contract to prevent excessive lengthening?

• Stretch reflex

• Reciprocal inhibition

• Altered reciprocal inhibition

• Muscle imbalance