Pe key terms

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Aerodynamic
Shaped to reduce the drag of air passing over it
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Alveoli
small air sacs in the lungs where gaseous exchange takes place
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Antagonist
the muscle that relaxes to allow movement to take place
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apprehensive
Fearful about the future
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Articulation
a moveable joint between inflexible parts of the body
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Basal Metabolic rate
the minimum rate of energy required to keep all life processes of the body maintained when it is at rest
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Blood Pressure
the force of the circulating blood on the walls of the arteries
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Body Composition
The percentage of body weight to fat, muscle and bone
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Broncitius
inflammation of the air passages between the nose and the lungs
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Concentric
When the muscle shortens (tends to bulge)
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Eccentric
When the muscle gradually lengthens and returns to its normal shape and length
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Etiquette
The Unwritten rules or conventions of any activity
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Extrinsic reward
something that is done for a particular reward that is visible to others
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FIT
frequency, intensity and time are ways to make the body work harder
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flexibility
The range of movement around a joint
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Gaseous Exchange
The process where oxygen is taken in from the air and exchanged for carbon dioxide
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Glycogen
The form of carbohydrate storage which is converted into glucose as needed by the body to satisfy its energy needs
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Insertion
the end of the muscle attached to the bone that moves
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Intercostal muscles
abdominal muscles in between the ribs which assist in the process of breathing
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Intrinsic Reward
something that gives a person individual or internal satisfaction derived from doing something well
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Joints
A connection point between two bones where movement occurs
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Local muscular fatigue
when a muscle, or group of muscles, is unable to stop contracting and movement stops
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Maximal Strength
the greatest amount of weight lifted in one go
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Metabolic
theMo whole range of biochemical processes that occur within us
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Motivation
your drive to succeed and desire and energy to achieve it
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Musculature
the system or arrangement of muscles on the body
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origin
the end of the muscle attached to the fixed bone
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Overload
making the body work harder than normal in order to improve it
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Card 2

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small air sacs in the lungs where gaseous exchange takes place

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Alveoli

Card 3

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the muscle that relaxes to allow movement to take place

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Card 4

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Fearful about the future

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Card 5

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a moveable joint between inflexible parts of the body

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