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Adductor Muscles refer to the muscles of the inner thigh that pull your legs inward and together. They attach the femur (thigh bone) and the pelvis and are used during activities such

Adhesion refers to a fibrous patch or fibrous band of scar tissue that holds muscles or other parts together that are normally separated.

Agonist Muscle refers to a muscle that is directly responsible for the particular movement of a body part through the process of contraction.

Agonist Muscle is also known as Prime Mover.

Alpha Ketoglutarate is a precursor to glutamine; however, unlike free glutamine, Alpha Ketoglutarate is not recognised by the gut, so more of it makes it through the digestive system.

AKG is the acronym of Alpha Ketoglutarate

ALA is the acronym of Alpha-linolenic acid. It is also known as Linolenic Acid

All or None Principle refers to a principle that stimulated muscle contracts a nerve impulse either completely or not at all.

Ambient Heart Rate refers to the heart rate of a person during the day when going about day-to-day activities, but not when

Amenorrhoea refers to the cessation of regular menstrual flow in a woman of reproductive age. Excessive physical Exercise can, in some cases, cause amenorrhoea.

Amino Acids refer to the 24 basic building blocks comprised of nitrogen, carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, in the body that combine to form different types of protein.