Terms
Substances your body needs in order to function properly; includes proteins, carbohydrates, fats, minerals, and vitamins
Nutrients
Responsible for all movement
Muscular system
Exercises that increase the ability of the circulatory system to transport and process oxygen
Aerobics
What fatty systems of vessels fill long bones and produce red blood cells?
Marrow
Forearm bone
Radius
A condition in which bones become brittle and break down
Osteoporosis
Transports nutrients, water, and oxygen to every living cell in your body
Circulatory system
A dome-shaped muscle below your lungs
Diaphragm
What tough, solid tissue makes up joints?
Cartilage
Shoulder blade
Scapula
A fatty substance in the blood
Cholesterol
Provides support and rigidity to your body
Skeletal system
Point where one end of a muscle is anchored to a relatively immovable part
Origin
What degenerative disease breaks down the structure of the joint, causing inflammation and swelling as well as the potential loss of movement?
End of a muscle that is pulled toward the origin
Insertion
A drug that can be harmful to your body, especially in your growing years
Caffeine
Provides your body with the oxygen needed to produce energy, also eliminates carbon dioxide waste as it builds up
Respiratory system
Muscles that become weak because they are not used
Atrophic
What are the five types of nutrients?
Protein, carbohydrates, fats, minerals, and vitamins
Ability to maintain a slight contraction which keeps the fleshy part of the muscle firm
Muscle tone
A fatty deposit; restricts the flow of blood through vessels
Plaque
Controller of all other systems; sends and receives messages to and from each system simultaneously
Nervous system
Tiny air sacs in your lungs
Alveoli
What are the four major functioning groups of muscles?
Arms, upper and lower back, chest and abdomen, and legs
The muscle that flexes your arm
Biceps brachii