The skeleton and muscular system
a hard, whitish, living tissue
What is a bone?
consists mainly of water to allow substances to dissolve and be transported easily
What is plasma?
What is force?
What is SPORT?
bones that provide a large surface area
What are flat bones?
muscular, elastic tubes that transport oxygenated blood away from the heart under high pressure (small internal lumen)
What are arteries?
the quantity of matter in a body regardsless of its volume or of any forces acting on it
What is mass?
the four principles of overload
What is FITT?
bones attached to this joint have a greater amount of movement
What are free movable joints?
thick muscular wall between the two sides of the heart
What is the septum?
the rate at which an object changes speed
What is acceleration?
excessive exercise that gives the body more work or stress than it can handle
What is overtraining?
a strong but flexible material found at the end of the bones that act as a cushion to stop bones knocking together
What is cartilage?
pumps blood to the lungs and back to the heart (right side)
What is the pulmonary circuit?
the reaction to the force that the body exerts on the ground
a system or set of techniques for improving ability in specific areas of fitness
What is method of training?
they use oxygen to fire, they take longer to get going, but they can work for longer without getting tired
What are slow twitch fibre?
the two largest veins in the body
What are the vena cava?
a fixed point about which the lever can turn
What is fulcrum?
specialised training at over 5000 ft