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What is Stroke Volume?

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The amount of blood pumped out of the heart with each contraction

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What is Cardiac Hypertrophy

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The enlargement of the heart by increase in muscle wall thickness or chamber size or both

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What is Cardiac Output?

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The amount of blood pumped in 1 minute

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What is Muscular Hypertrophy?

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An increase in muscle mass or size

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What is Blood Pressure?

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Pressure exerted by the blood against the blood vessel walls

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What is a Decreased Resting Heart Rate?

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A long term effect of regular exercise, the heart gets better and stronger - therefore they can supply the same amount of blood with fewer beats

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What are the effects of Lactic Acid build up?

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Causes muscle fatigue and cramps

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What is rotation?

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Circular movement around an axis

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What is Circumduction?

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360 degree motion of the ball and socket joint

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What is Stroke Volume?

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The volume of blood pumped out by a ventricle with each heart beat

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What some properties of Type 2x muscle fibres?

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Fast glycolytic, use glycolysis, short period of time only, fatigue quickly

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What are some properties of Type 1 Muscle Fibers?

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Aerobic, Red Tonic, Slow twitch, Slow - oxidative

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What is decreased blood pressure?

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A physical benefit of exercise

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14
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Examples of Short Bones

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Tarsals and Carpals

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Example of Long Bones

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Femur and Humerus

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16
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What are the functions of the skeletal system?

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Movement and support, protection, red blood cell production

17
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What is the Left Ventricle

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Pumps oxygenated blood to the body

18
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What is the Vena Cava?

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A large vein carrying deoxygenated blood into the heart

19
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What is Pulmonary Circulation

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Flow of blood from the heart to the lungs and back to the heart

20
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What is the Trapezius?

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It elevates, depresses, retracts and rotates the scapula; rotates the arm

21
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What is Alveoli?

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Terminal air sacs that constitute the gas exchange surface of the lungs

22
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What is the Trachea?

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Windpipe

23
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What is Myogoblin

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An oxygen - storing, pigmented protein in muscle

24
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What is Mitochondria?

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It is the powerhouse of the cell, the organelle that is the ATP (energy)

25
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What are Type 2x Fibres?

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Fast-twitch fibres and fast-glycolytic fibres

26
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What is Systolic Blood Pressure

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The pressure created when the heart contracts and forces blood out into the arteries

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What is Diastolic Blood Pressure?

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It occurs when the ventricles are relaxed; the lowest pressure against the walls of an artery

28
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What is Coronary Heart Disease?

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The clogging of the vessels that nourish the heart muscle; the leading cause of death in many developed countries

29
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What is the Multistage Fitness Test?

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Cardio Vascular (Aerobic) Endurance

30
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What is Eccentric Muscle Contraction

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A dynamic contraction in which the muscle lengthens as it contracts; also called a pliometric contraction

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