Acute Responses
The combination of heart rate and stroke volume, this acute response measures how much blood is ejected out of the left ventricle every minute.
What is cardiac output?
A condition where the arterial walls become clogged with fatty deposits known as plaque or atheroma.
What is atherosclerosis?
One function of the cardiovascular system.
What is circulating blood, transporting water, oxygen and nutrients, transporting waste, thermoregulation, and fighting disease?
What is geographical location?
A popular ritual of using a Tim Tam as a straw for a hot beverage.
What is a Tim Tam Slam?
The combination of respiratory rate and tidal volume, this acute response measures how much air is inspired and expired each minute.
What is ventilation?
Also called ischaemic heart disease. It occurs when plaque builds up in the coronary arteries.
What is coronary heart disease?
Tiny air sacs at the end of our bronchioles in our lungs, responsible for gaseous exchange.
A measure of an individual's position in society based on their income, education, and occupation.
What is socioeconomic status?
Anthony Field, Murray Cook, Greg Page, and Jeff Fatt.
Who are The Wiggles?
A process whereby blood vessels narrow, limiting blood flow to areas of the body.
What is vasoconstriction?
The 'good' type of cholesterol.
What are high-denisty lipoproteins?
The largest vein in the body.
What is the vena cava?
A category of enablers/barriers including age, gender, family history, and body weight.
What are physiological enabler and barriers?
The basketballer with the highest individual scoring game from an Aussie in the history of the NBA.
Who is Ben Simmons?
The term refers to maintaining a core body temperature between 36 and 37.5 degrees.
What is thermoregulation?
A broad term that includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis.
What is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?
What is the trachea?
An enabler/barrier focused on an individual's belonging to a population group with a common cultural background or descent.
The third largest Greek city in the world... Right here in Australia!
Where is Melbourne?
The difference in oxygen concentration between arterial and venous blood.
What is a-v02 difference?
What is 140/90 mmHg?
Three of the five functions of the respiratory system.
What is bringing air from the atmosphere into our lungs, transferring oxygen into the blood, removing C02 from the blood, expelling heat and water vapour in the air breathed out, and allowing the vocal cords to create speech?
Explain how SES can be both an enabler and a barrier to cardiorespiratory health.
What is high SES can be an enabler to good cardiorespiratory health as people with high incomes are able to purchase nutritious food, and can afford gym memberships to remain physically active; and low SES can be a barrier to good cardiorespiratory health as lower education can lead to lack of understanding of health messages and the role of good nutrition and physical activity to remain healthy?
The dietary request of Jack Carlson, who was arrested in 1991 while ranting about "democracy manifest!".
What is a succulent Chinese meal?