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Metabolic Rate   The rate you convert energy stores into working energy in your body. The metabolic rate is controlled by a number of factors, including muscle mass, caloric intake and exercise.  
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Inflammation   The body's natural response to injury in which the injury site might display various degrees of pain, swelling, heat, redness and/or loss of function.  
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Edema   Accumulation of fluid, in organs and tissues of the body; swelling.  
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Dehydration   A lack of an adequate amount of fluid in the body.; may be accompanied by dry mouth, thirst, constipation, concentrated urine or fever. Dehydration occurs when a person's body water content has decreased to a dangerously low level. Water accounts for 60%.  
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Hyperthermia   Rapid increase in core body temperature.  
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Hyperlordosis   A hyperextension of the lumbar spine.  
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Relaxin   A hormone that lengthens and softens connective tissue and the ligaments around the joints causing ligament laxity during pregnancy.  
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VO2   Maximal oxygen consumption  
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Cardiac Output   The amount of blood pumped from the heart in one minute.  
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Borg RPE Scale   Used to monitor intensity during exercise by assigning a numerical value.  
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Hypoxia   Inadequate oxygen in the lungs and in the blood.  
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Minute ventilation   Total amount of air moved into the respiratory passages each minute.  
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Supine hypotension   The enlarging uterus compresses the vena cava and affects venous return to the heart when in the supine or back lying position.  
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Gestational Diabetes   The most common medical complication of pregnancy.  
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