Personal Fitness A
Across
- 4. Any of the muscular-walled tube forming part of the circulation system by which blood (mainly that which has been oxygenated) is conveyed from the heart to all parts of the body.
- 5. The action of bending or the condition of being bent, especially the bending of a limb or joint.
- 9. A pair of breathing organs located with the chest which remove carbon dioxide from and bring oxygen to the blood.
- 10. A dome-shaped muscular partition separating the thorax from the abdomen.
- 14. The ability not to be affected by something, especially adversely.
- 16. In a state in which opposing forces or influences are balanced.
- 17. Occurs when the supply of blood to the brain is either interrupted or reduced.
- 20. The forceful extension of a limb or joint beyond its normal limits, either in exercise or therapy or so as to cause injury.
- 21. A part that is added to something to enlarge or prolong it; a continuation.
- 22. The measurable amount of a property. Such as force, brightness, or a magnetic field.
- 23. Any of five tendons at the back of a person’s knee.
- 25. The red liquid that circulates from the heart to the rest of the body, carrying oxygen and carbon dioxide.
Down
- 1. A hollow muscular organ that pumps blood through the body.
- 2. The force attracts a body towards the center of the earth, or towards any other physical body having mass.
- 3. The colorless fluid part of blood, lymph, or milk, in which corpuscles or fat globules are suspended.
- 6. A short band of tough, flexible fibrous connective tissue which connects two bones or cartilages or holds together a joint.
- 7. Any of the tubes forming part of the blood circulation system of the body, carrying in most cases oxygen-depleted blood toward the heart.
- 8. A compound of the sterol type found in most body tissues.
- 11. The resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another.
- 12. The rate at which something occurs or is repeated over a particular period of time or in a given sample.
- 13. A disease of the arteries characterized by the deposition of plaque of fatty material on their inner walls.
- 15. Abnormally high blood pressure.
- 18. The state or quality of being efficient.
- 19. A violent shock as from a heavy blow.
- 24. A flexible but inelastic cord of strong fibrous collagen tissue attaching a muscle to a bone.