Test 1 Flashcards
substance that protects the body from breakdown. Antioxidants’ actions include binding oxygen and repairing damage to molecules
Antioxidant
Agility, Balance, Coordination, Power , Speed, and reaction time
What Are the Skill-Related Components of Physical Fitness?
Any physical or psychological event or condition that produces usually negative reactions, are often threatening, unfamiliar, disturbing, or exciting
Stressor
The physical and emotional reactions to a stressor
Stress response
The physical and emotional state that accompanies the stress response
Stress
system of glands and tissues that secretes hormones into the bloodstream to influence metabolism and other processes.
Endocrine system
he branch of the nervous system that controls involuntary body processes: digestion, heart rate, breathing, blood pressure. It consists of the sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions.
Autonomic nervous system
reacts to danger or other challenges by accelerating body processes, such as increasing heart rate and breathing rate
The sympathetic division
slows the excitatory effect of the sympathetic division, slowing metabolism and restoring energy supplies.
The parasympathetic division
The endocrine system and sympathetic nervous system do what when stressed?
activate hormones, including adrenaline and cortisol
After the stress is gone, what slows the body down?
parasympathetic nervous system
Parasympathetic
rest and digest
a state in which your body stabilizes and maintains heart rate, blood pressure, breathing rate, and hormone levels
Homeostasis
Find a type of exercise that you enjoy and can fit into your day. Limit caffeine during stressful situations. Drink water
Exercise and have good nutrition
Try to go to bed at the same time every night and get up at the same time each morning. Get 7-9 hours of sleep per night. Only use your bed for sleep; not as a couch, for studying, etc.
Sleep
Pause and think about how to respond to a stressor before you do it. Do not immediately respond to text messages, emails, voicemails, or social media comments that stress you out. 24 hours is a reasonable amount of time to respond.
Manage your behavioral response
Overall condition of the body or mind. The presence or absence of disease or injury
Health
Achieving the highest level of health possible in all nine dimensions
Wellness
Condition that increases one’s chances of developing a disease or injury. Some cannot be controlled: age, family history. Some can be controlled: nutrition, exercising, not smoking
Risk Factor
The years a person can expect to live without disability or major illness. Quality of life in relation to quantity of life.
Healthy life expectancy