Scapa Practical Living/vocational - Fitness And Body Systems

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Cardio respiratory

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The work of the body's circulatory and respiratory systems to function together, especially during exercise, to ensure that adequate oxygen is supplied to the working muscles to produce energy

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Cardiovascular endurance

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The ability of the body's circulatory and respiratory systems to function together, especially during exercise, to ensure that adequate oxygen is supplied to the working muscles to produce energy (the ability to stay active without getting tired), Ex. running several miles

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Circulatory system

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Body system that carries blood through the body: heart, veins, arteries

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Fitness

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The ability of the heart, blood vessels, lungs, and muscles to work together to meet the body's needs

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Flexibility

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The ability to bend and move the body easily and in many directions; the ability to use a muscle throughout its entire range of motion

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Leisure

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Time during which you have no obligations or school/work responsibilities and are free to choose what to do

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Locomotor

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Body is moving through space, Ex. galloping, jumping, running, sliding, hopping, leaping, skipping, walking

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Muscular endurance

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The ability to use the same muscle or group of muscles for a long period of time, Ex. lifting weights repeatedly

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Muscular strength

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The amount of force your muscles can produce; stron muscles help you life, push, kick, or pull. Ex. push-ups, pull-ups, sit-ups

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Nervous system

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Body system for communication and control; network of cells which send and receive messages to and from your brain and spinal cord to all parts of your body: brain, spinal cord, nerves

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Nonlocomotor

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Stationary movement; body does not move from place to place, Ex. balancing, reaching, stretching, swaying, swinging, turning, twisting

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Posture

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The way a person hold his/her body when sitting, standing, and moving

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Psychomotor skills

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Related to movement triggered by mental activity (voluntary movements)

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Reproductive system

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Body system for producing offspring

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Respiratory system

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Body system that helps the body use the air that is inhaled: trachea (windpipe), bronchi (tubes going to each lung), lungs (spongy, saclike organs which remove carbon dioxide from the blood and provide it with oxygen)