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HealthU2Ch4
Chapter 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| physical activity | any form of movement that causes your body to use energy |
| physical fitness | ability to carry out daily tasks easily and have enough reserve energy to respond |
| Sedentary lifestyle | way of life with little physical activity |
| Diabetes | prevents body from converting food to energy |
| Osteoporosis | decrease in bone density making bones fragile |
| Metabolism | body gets energy from food |
| Cardiovascular endurance | ability yo utilize and send fuel and oxygen to tissues during exercise |
| Muscular Strength | amount of force a muscle can exert |
| Muscle endurance | muscles can perform physical tasks during a period of time without becoming tired |
| Flexibility | ability to move a body part to full range of motion |
| Body composition | ration of body fat to lean tissue |
| exercise | physical activity to maintain personal fitness |
| aerobic exercise | uses large muscle groups continuously over a period of time |
| anaerobic exercise | short bursts of activity w/o oxygen |
| overload | working harder than normally worked |
| progression | slowly increasing into overload to achieve higher fitness |
| specificity | particular exercises for particular areas |
| warm-up | activity that prepares muscles for work |
| workout | activity in exercise where it is preformed at highest peak |
| FITT formula | frequency, intensity, time, type |
| cool-down | prepares muscles for relaxing after exercising |
| resting heart rate | beats when not active |
| training program | program of physical preparation for a sport or activity |
| hydration | taking in fluids so body functions properly |
| anabolic steroids | synthenic substances related to testosterone |
| health screening | check for diseases or disorders that you may not realize |
| overexertion | over-working the body |
| heat cramps | muscle spasms that are c aused by a loss of salt and water through perspiration |
| heatstroke | body loses ability to rid itself of excessive heat |
| frostbite | body tissues become frozen |
| hypothermia | body temperature becomes very low |
| skin cancer | can be caused by UV exposure |
| muscle cramp | spasm or tightening of a muscle |
| strain | damaged muscle or tendon |
| sprain | injury to ligament |
| fracture | bone break |
| dislocation | bone is forced out of normal position |
| tendonitis | tendons are stretched or torn from overuse |
| concussion | results from blows to the head and can cause swelling of the brain |
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