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Chapter 8 Test PE
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Your heart is a? | muscle |
| Best time to take your resting heart rate is? | in the morning |
| Cardio means? | heart |
| The cardiovascular system contains? | blood, blood vessels, & the heart |
| Aerobic means _________ and refers to _________ | with oxygen/ endurance exercise |
| Anaerobic means _________ and refers to ________ | without oxygen/ short bursts of exercise like sprints |
| What is LDL and what does it do? | LDL = low density lipoprotein (bad cholesterol). It collects in the walls of your blood vessels raising your chances of heart attack or stroke |
| What is HDL and what does it do? | HDL = high density lipoprotein (good cholesterol). It helps remove other forms of cholesterol from your bloodstream |
| Cholesterol is? | blood fat or waxy substance found in your blood. |
| Cholesterol in food is found in? | animal products, not plants |
| What is fibrin? | protein involved in the clotting of blood |
| What does an artery do? | takes blood away from heart |
| What does a vein do? | carries blood back to the heart |
| What is atherosclerosis? | disease of the arteries characterized by deposits of plaque and fatty material on their inner walls |
| What fingers do you take your pulse with and why? | Take your pulse with your index and middle fingers. Thumb has its own pulse. |
| Carotid artery is in your ________ and radial artery is in your ________ | neck; wrist |
| How long do you take your pulse for? | 1 minute |
| What does RPE stand for and what does it mean? | rate of perceived exertion - how hard you think you are working |
| Max heart rate equation | 220-age or 208-(.7 x age). |
| What are the 2 ways to test cardiorespiratory endurance? | the mile run and Pacer test. |