Ch 6: Flexibility/Low Back
It is the ability of a joint to move through its full
range of motion
What is flexibility?
They are the 4 different types of body tissues that are included in body composition.
What are muscle, bone, fat, and other vital tissues?
What are carbs, proteins, and fats?
Name ONE example of an internal source of stress and ONE example of an external source of stress
Internal = disease, pain, lack of sleep, negative thoughts, diet, harmful substances
External = social pressure, school, life changes, work, relationships, money
a chemical substance that alters the structure or function of the body
What is a drug?
They are the 4 main types of stretching.
What is static, dynamic, ballistic, and PNF?
They are the 4 general categories of fat found in the body.
What are essential, storage, visceral, and subcutaneous?
It is a measure of the energy in a food, as well as a
measure of the energy burned through physical activity
What is a calorie?
It is the collective physical and emotional changes
experienced in response to a threat, real or imagined
What is Stress?
alcohol, sugar, and caffeine are examples
What are drugs we can legally obtain?
Protecting the spinal cord and the roots of nerves is one of its main functions.
What is the spine?
It is all the processes that require energy (calories
from foods) and maintain body functioning
What is metabolism?
It is the amount of calories you would have eaten if you consumed 1 gram of protein, 1 gram of carbs, and 1 gram of fat.
What is 17 calories?
It is the law that states that some stress is good, too much is not, and with too much or too little stress... performance will suffer
What is the Yerkes-Dodson law?
A source of pathogens, a susceptible host, and a mode of transmission
What are the three things needed for transmission of an infectious disease/pathogen?
It is the position of body parts in relation to one another.
It is the key issue with BMI being a measurement of body composition.
What is not taking muscle mass into account?
They are the two types of fats that should be avoided, due to their solid-at-room temperature properties.
What are saturated and trans fats?
It is a persistent state of worry, unease, and nervousness not directed at any particular threat
What is anxiety?
uncontrolled growth of cells
What is cancer?
It is the test that is commonly used in assessing hamstring flexibility.
It is the phenomenon typically made up of low energy availability due to insufficient calorie intake, menstrual disorders, and reduced bone density.
What is the female athlete triad?
It is information regulated by the FDA meant to inform consumers of calorie content and nutrition breakdown of the food they are eating
What is a food/nutrition label?
The two chemicals released during a stress (fight or flight) response?
What are adrenaline and cortisol?
type of diabetes characterized by insulin resistance, typically caused by lifestyle choices linked to obesity and poor nutrition
What is Type 2 diabetes?