Cardiorespiratory Fitness
This system delivers oxygen and removes carbon dioxide during exercise.
What is the cardiorespiratory system?
This term describes the maximum amount of force a muscle can produce in one effort.
What is muscular strength?
This is the leading preventable risk factor for cardiovascular disease.
What is smoking?
This macronutrient provides the most energy per gram.
What is fat?
This type of tumor is non-cancerous and does not spread to other parts of the body.
What is a benign tumor?
This test measures heart rate recovery after stepping for three minutes.
What is the step test?
These fibers are recruited during short, explosive activities like sprinting.
What are fast-twitch muscle fibers?
This "bad cholesterol" contributes to plaque buildup in arteries.
What is LDL (low-density lipoprotein)?
These two types of carbohydrates are distinguished by their chemical structure and digestion speed.
What are simple and complex carbohydrates?
The acronym CAUTION helps identify warning signs of this disease.
What is cancer?
The primary energy currency of the body, abbreviated as ATP, stands for this.
What is adenosine triphosphate?
This principle states that training adaptations are specific to the activity performed.
What is the specificity of training principle?
This term describes the hardening and narrowing of the arteries due to plaque buildup.
What is atherosclerosis?
This macronutrient is essential for building muscle and repairing tissues.
What is protein?
This therapy uses high-energy rays to kill or shrink cancer cells.
What is radiation therapy?
This type of interval training alternates short bursts of high-intensity exercise with lower-intensity recovery.
What is high-intensity interval training (HIIT)?
A test that measures the maximum weight you can lift in one repetition.
What is the 1-rep max test?
This condition, often called the "silent killer," significantly increases CVD risk.
What is hypertension (high blood pressure)?
This process converts unsaturated fats into trans fats, which were banned from processed foods in 2018.
What is hydrogenation?
Smoking, poor diet, and lack of physical activity are examples of these causes of cancer.
What are lifestyle-related causes?
The three primary energy systems used during exercise are these.
These three terms describe the phases of isotonic muscle contractions.
These are the two types of stroke caused by either a blockage or bleeding in the brain.
What are ischemic stroke and hemorrhagic stroke?
These vitamins, stored in the liver and adipose tissue, include A, D, E, and K.
What are fat-soluble vitamins?
This system is used to stage cancer by assessing the tumor, lymph nodes, and metastasis.
What is the TNM system?