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Personal Training Vocab
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health-and-fitness
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1. The structural unit of the lung; tiny air sacs where exchange of respiratory gases with the capillaries takes place.
VEIN
VASODILATION
CONTEMPLATION
ALVEOLI
2. A serious heat related disorder characterized by high core body temperature and central nervous system dysfunction.
PREPARATION
HEAT STROKE
HYPOGLYCEMIA
SUPINATION
3. A method for assessing body composition; measures the resistance to a small electrical current.
BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE
STROKE VOLUME
HYPERTROPHY
INSULIN RESISTANCE
4. A decrease in the size of a body part - organ - tissue - or cell.
BRADYCARDIA
FITNESS TESTING
OVERLOAD
ATROPHY
5. The body's local response to injury - characterized by pain - with heat - redness - swelling and loss of function.
ECCENTRIC
MEDICAL REFERRAL
COMMISSION
INFLAMMATION
6. The maximal amount of air that can be exhaled following a maximal inhalation.
VITAL CAPACITY
ARRHYTHMIA
CHOLESTEROL
DEHYDRATION
7. A chronic disorder characterized by abnormally high blood glucose levels; can be type 1 or type 2
HYPERTHERMIA
DIABETES MELLITUS
ANAEROBIC GLYCOLYSIS
ADIPOSE
8. A measure of intensity and duration of exercise.
DRY BULB THERMOMETER
AEROBIC POINT
BALLISTIC
ARTERY
9. The amount of blood pumped by the heart per beat.
REPETITION
STROKE VOLUME
WATT
SEDENTARY
10. A class of drugs used for treating angina pectoris.
OBESITY
HEART RATE
NITRATES
BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE
11. An indicator of dysfunction or disease that can be seen with the naked eye.
GLYCOGEN
SIGN
ADDUCTION
ACTIN
12. A drug used to treat hypertension - angina - arrhythmias and migraine headaches; block the effect of catecholamines.
AGONIST
OMISSION
GRADED EXERCISE TEST
BETA BLOCKER
13. A disease characterized by a significant decrease in bone density.
GLYCOGEN
OSTEOPOROSIS
FASCICLE
SMAC-24
14. Making the body do more work than it is accustomed to doing.
HYPOXIA
OVERLOAD
APOLIPOPROTEIN
TARGET MARKETING
15. A treadmill or bicycle ergometer test in which workload is gradually increased until an endpoint such as fatigue or VO2 max. (Graded Exercise Test)
OSTEOARTHRITIS
PREPARATION
STRESS TEST
WATT
16. Inflammation of the joints.
MITOCHONDRIA
ARTHRITIS
RECTUS FEMORIS
MOTOR UNIT
17. The most common type of arthritis.
FLEXION
BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE
AEROBIC POWER
OSTEOARTHRITIS
18. Rest - Ice - Compression and Elevation - represents treatment for acute injuries.
RICE PRINCIPLE
COLLATERAL CIRCULATION
RESTING HEART RATE
POLYUNSATURATED FAT
19. A disease characterized by a significant decrease in bone density.
ERYTHROCYTES
OBESITY
ISCHEMIA
OSTEOPOROSIS
20. Failing to do something that should have been done.
CYTOOSOL
BRADYCARDIA
OMISSION
PLANTAR FLEXION
21. Rapid heart beat.
ISH: ISOLATED SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION
ACCLIMATIZATION
TACHYCARDIA
LIGAMENT
22. Also known as coronary artery disease.
HEART RATE
CONTEMPLATION
OXYGEN UPTAKE
CHD (CORONARY HEART DISEASE)
23. A slow - progressive disease involving the narrowing of blood vessels due to plaque accumulation.
ASYMPTOMATIC
ARTERY
PHYSIOLOGY
ATHEROSCLEROSIS
24. Fruits - vegetables - grains - and legumes.
COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATES
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
BETA OXIDATION
CONNECTIVE TISSUE
25. One of three muscles located on the back of the thigh - they produce the movement of knee flexion.
CATECHOLAMINE
DYSPNEA
ATHEROSCLEROSIS
HAMSTRING
26. Maximal oxygen consumption - maximal oxygen uptake.
AEROBIC
ELECTROCARDIOGRAM (ECG)
PLACEBO
VO2 MAX
27. Salts of the body such as sodium - potassium - magnesium - calcium and chloride.
ELECTROLYTES
FAINT
ONE REPETITION MAXIMUM
PULMONARY
28. Moving the foot downward - point the toes.
ISOKINETIC
HDL CHOLESTEROL
SPRAIN
PLANTAR FLEXION
29. A substance which promotes the removal of water from the body.
MAINTENANCE
DIURETIC
WBGT: WET BULB GLOBE TEMPERATE
ADDUCTION
30. Elevated blood lipid levels.
HYDRATION
STRENGTH
SIMPLE CARBOHYDRATE
HYPERLIPIDEMIA
31. American College of Sports Medicine.
CBC (COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT)
FASCICLE
VENTILATION
ACSM
32. A solution with a lower concentration of solutes than body fluids.
SIMPLE CARBOHYDRATE
ADHERENCE
DEHYDRATION
HYPOTONIC
33. Tiny protein strands which make up muscle tissue; actin and myosin are the major protein strands.
ANATOMY
WATT
PHYSIOLOGY
MYOFILAMENTS
34. The amount of oxygen used by the tissues per unit of time.
STRESS TEST
POLYUNSATURATED FAT
OXYGEN UPTAKE
MAXIMAL OXYGEN UPTAKE
35. The body's gradual adaptation to a changed environment - such as heat - cold - or altitude.
DIURETIC
EXTENSION
MOTOR UNIT
ACCLIMATIZATION
36. Elevation in body temperature.
VISCERA
AEROBIC POINT
HYPERTHERMIA
PLACEBO
37. A behavior or characteristic which increases probability for disease.
CONNECTIVE TISSUE
ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS
ISH: ISOLATED SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION
RISK FACTOR
38. A fatty acid with no double bonds and generally a solid at room temperature - saturated fat is found primarily in animal products and is a major factor in CAD risk.
ADIPOSE
BURSA
SATURATED FAT
STRESS TEST
39. Of or relating to the aged.
GERIATRIC
AQUATICS
EPINEPHRINE (ADRENALINE)
METABOLISM
40. The pressure in the arteries when the heart is between beats.
DIASTOLIC
MAXIMAL OXYGEN UPTAKE
KETOSIS
ELECTROCARDIOGRAM (ECG)
41. Blood circulation through small side branches that can supplement or substitute for the main vessel's delivery of blood to certain tissues.
COLLATERAL CIRCULATION
ISH: ISOLATED SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION
MOTOR UNIT
DEHYDRATION
42. The science of the measurement of the human body with regard to size and body composition.
ANTHROPOMETRY
SYSTOLIC
COLLATERAL CIRCULATION
ERYTHROCYTES
43. A subnormal hemoglobin content or number of red blood cells.
ANEMIA
KARVONEN FORMULA
CARBON DIOXIDE
MYOSIN
44. The period preceding the aerobic phase of exercise; usually consists of stretching and other movements which prepare the body for exercise.
WARM UP
PULMONARY
DEHYDRATION
HEART RATE
45. The worst of the saturated fats; palm oil - coconut oil and palm kernel oil.
MYOFILAMENTS
CONTEMPLATION
TROPICAL OILS
URIC ACID
46. A form of passive exercise which is of no value for a normal - healthy individual.
MAXIMAL TREADMILL EXERCISE
ATROPHY
ACSM
TONING TABLE
47. A condition where oxygen demand exceeds oxygen supply; often a cause of angina.
ASYMPTOMATIC
ISCHEMIA
STRAIN
MYOSIN
48. A procedure by which veins are used to bypass coronary arteries which have become blocked with plaque.
RESIDUAL VOLUME
BYPASS SURGERY
ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE (ATP)
ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS
49. Performing a target behavior on a regular basis for less than six months.
SUPINATION
MAINTENANCE
AMINO ACIDS
ACTION
50. Staying with a prescribed program.
COMPLIANCE
LACTIC ACID (LACTATE)
KARVONEN FORMULA
DURATION