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Key Vocabulary Flashcards

To learn the definitions of all key vocabulary.

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Physical Health:

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Taking part in physical activity and developing your components of fitness.

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Emotional Health:

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Being self-confident self-aware and resilient controlling your behaviour and coping with positive and negative criticism.

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Social Health:

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How you interact with each other and form relationships.

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Well-being:

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A term used to describe physical, emotional and social health.

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Health:

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A complete state of physical emotional and social well-being , not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

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What does PEP stand for?

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Personal exercise programme.

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What is a PEP?

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An exercise program designed specifically to you and your sport.

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What does PARQ stand for?

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Physical activity readiness questionnaire.

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What is a PARQ?

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A questionnaire devised to check whether you are fit and healthy and if it is safe for you to complete training or exercise.

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Fractures:

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A broken or cracked bone (can occur from a blow or severe twisting of a joint)

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Dislocations:

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When a bone at a joint is forced out of position, becoming displaced.

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Concussion:

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An injury caused by a blow to the head.

Symptoms: headache ,weakness, loss of coordination and confusion.

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Soft tissue injuries:

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A twist , pull or tear of a muscle or tendon.

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Torn cartilage:

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Cartilage: a firm substance which lines adjoining bones.

Torn cartilage is usually due to wear and tear from long term overuse.

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What does RICE stand for ?

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Rest, Compression, Ice, Elevation

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What is a RICE?

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A form of injury treatment.

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Sedentary Lifestyle:

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An “ inactive “ lifestyle. Very little or no excersise, daily routine involves a lot of sitting and lying down.

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Lifestyle Choice:

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A choice a person makes about how to live and behave , according to their tastes attitudes and values.

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What does BMI stand for?

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Body Mass Index.

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What is BMI?

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A way of calculating whether you are an ideal weight for your height.

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Aerobic Respiration:

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The process of releasing energy from glucose using oxygen.

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Anaerobic Respiration:

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The process of releasing energy from glucose without oxygen.

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Pulse:

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Used to measure HR , it is located at 2 sites - the radial (wrist) and cartoid (neck) arteries.

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Resting Heart Rate:

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The amount of times the heart beats per minute whilst at rest. Average = around 72 bpm.

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Working Heart Rate:

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The heart rate figure during or immediately after exercise. This will vary depending on intensity.

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Maximum Heart Rate:

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The highest number of beats your heart makes when exercising.

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Recovery Heart Rate:

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The time taken for the heart rate to return to normal immediately after exercising.

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Recovery:

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The time required for the repair of damage to the body caused by training or competition.

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Rest:

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A period of lower intensity during workout that allows for a drop in heart rate.

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Coronary Heart Disease:

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When your coronary arteries are narrowed by a slow build up of fatty material in the inner walls.

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Alveoli:

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Tiny sacs within our lungs that allow oxygen and carbon dioxide to move between the lungs and the bloodstream.

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Diaphragm:

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The primary muscle used in the process of inspiration or inhalation. It is a domed shaped sheet of muscle that separates the chest from the rest of the body cavity.

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Vital Capacity:

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The greatest number of air that can be expelled from the lungs after taking the deepest possible intake of breath.

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What is an Umpire?

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a kind of referee that enforces the rules during certain sports, such as baseball, softball or cricket.

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