A body shape characterised with wide shoulders, narrow hips and a high proportion of muscle compared to body fat.
What is a mesomorph?
100
A performance enhancing drug used to slow the heart rate and reduce stress.
What are beta-blockers?
100
Trapezius and latissimus dorsi
What are the names of the muscles in the back?
200
Fashion, media coverage
What are the factors affecting performance linked to image?
200
Vessels which carry oxygenated blood away from the heart.
What are arteries?
200
Somatotype
What is the term used to describe body types in sport>
200
Alchohol and tobacco.
What are recreational drugs?
200
Synergist
What are the muscles called that support in movement ie. hold the none moving bone in place?
300
Age, disability, gender, race
What are the cultural influences on sports participation?
300
Stroke volume x Heart rate
What is cardiac output?
300
Bodybuilding and gymnastics.
What activities would be suited to a mesomorph body type?
300
High blood pressure, heart disease, infertility and increased cancer risk. Women may also experience n increase in male characteristics (eg facial hair)
What are the negative effects of anabolic steroids?
300
Antagonist
What is the name for the muscle which relaxes during movement?
400
Cost and percieved status of activity.
What are the socio-economic influences on participation?
400
Vessels which carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart.
What are veins?
400
A body type characterised by narrow shoulders, hips and chest, with not much muscle or fat.
What is an Ectomorph?
400
May be effective in sports which have weight classes and can also mask traces of other drugs in the body.
What are the performance enhancing effects of diuretics?
400
Muscle contraction where the muscle changes length.
What is and isotonic contraction?
500
Access, availability, location, time
What are the factors affecting participation which are linked to resources?
500
The Atria and Ventricles.
What are the chambers of the heart called?
500
A body type characterised by wide hips, narrow shoulders and a high percentage of body fat.
What is an Endomorph?
500
Thicker blood leading to the increased risk of blood clots and heart attacks.