MUASCULOSKELETAL DEFINITIONS

4. Very great tiredness
6. Level of training intensity when an athlete approaches their maximal heart rate and performs exercise to an increasingly non-aerobic level
8. A band of tough, flexible tissue which connects two bones or cartilages or holds together a joint
11. A medical condition in which the bones become brittle and fragile from loss of tissue
13. A mineral essential for bone growth
14. A lifelong process where mature bone tissue is removed from the skeleton (a process called bone resorption) and new bone tissue is formed
15. time The speed of a muscular contraction
17. A chemical that occurs in all cells, but mainly in muscle, where it forms the energy reserve. Abbreviation ATP
18. The enlargement of an organ or tissue. Also called hypertrophy
20. The amount of work your muscles produce is related to the heat produced

1. An interweaving bed of capillaries supplying tissues such as muscle
2. Muscle found only in the heart
3. A muscle cell
5. A type of starch, converted from glucose by the action of insulin, and stored in the liver as a source of energy
7. A cell which build new bone
9. A cell which destroys bone
10. Microscopic tears in the muscle due to exercise
12. The flow of blood around the body. Also called circulation
16. The strength of a muscular contraction
19. Forms a scaffold to provide strength and structure to bones, muscle, skin and tendons