Keywords - Chapter 5 AQA GCSE PE

The keywords featured in Chapter 5 (Health, Fitness and a Healthy Active Lifestyle) for the GCSE AQA Specification.

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  • Created on: 19-04-13 19:04
Bronchitis
Inflammation of the air passages between the nose and the lungs.
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Prescription Drugs
Drugs that cannot be bought over the counter but only with a doctor's prescription.
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Performance-Enhancing Drugs
A type of unlawful drug that can help to improve sporting and performance.
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Athlete's Foot
A fungal infection between the toes.
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Fitness
Good health or good condition, especially as the result of exercise and proper nutrition.
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Exercise
Activity that requires phsycial or mental exertion especially when performed to develop or maintain fitness.
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Sedentary
Sitting down or being phsyically inactive for long periods of time.
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Joints
A connection point between two bones where movement occurs.
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Quadriceps
The group of four muscles on the upper, front of the leg.
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Patella
The kneecap.
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Synovial
Where bony surfaces are covered by cartilage, connected by ligaments with a joint cavity containing synovial fluid.
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Articulation
A moveable joint between inflexible parts of the body.
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Origin
The end of the muscle attached to the fixed bone.
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Insertion
The end of the muscle attached to the bone that moves.
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Prime Mover
Ther musclle that initially contracts to start a movement, also known as the 'agonist'.
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Antagonist
The muscle that relaxes to allow a movement to take place.
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Concentric
When the muscle shortens (it also tends to buldge such as the biceps in the arm).
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Eccentric
When the muscle gradually lengthens and returns to its normal length and shape.
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Reaction Time
How quickly you are able to respond to something or some form of stimulus.
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Movement Time
How quickly a performer can carry out an actual movement.
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Inherent
Something you are born with.
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Synchronise
An adjustment that causes something to occur at the same time.
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Ambidextrous
The ability to use both hands with equal levels of skill.
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Knowledge of Results
This is a form of terminal feedback at the end of a performance and could be as simple as winning or losing.
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Knowledge of Performance
This relates to how well the performance was carried out rather than just the end result.
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Card 2

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Drugs that cannot be bought over the counter but only with a doctor's prescription.

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Prescription Drugs

Card 3

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A type of unlawful drug that can help to improve sporting and performance.

Back

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Card 4

Front

A fungal infection between the toes.

Back

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Card 5

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Good health or good condition, especially as the result of exercise and proper nutrition.

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