Exercise Science Terms

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Across
  1. 2. System of hormones, which are chemicals released into the blood by glands called endocrine glands.
  2. 5. Study of the function of the body. Is concerned on how the body works.
  3. 8. Control of movement by way of the skeletal muscles which are voluntary control
  4. 10. A very accessible and easy to perform method of estimating body composition is through measuring body circumference.
  5. 13. We get this from breakdown of food from our diet
  6. 16. Study of the function of the body.
  7. 17. Primarily responsible for creating movement
  8. 18. is physical exercise of low to high intensity that depends primarily on the aerobic energy-generating process.
  9. 19. measure of body fat based on height and weight
Down
  1. 1. An acute or short-term change (adjustment)in the body associated with exercise.
  2. 3. Transports Blood, Oxygen, & Nutrients to the tissues of the body
  3. 4. the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group
  4. 6. Fights off pathogens and infections
  5. 7. Exchanges Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide between the air and blood
  6. 9. Serves as a structural framework and prove levers for movements with contraction of muscles from the muscular system.
  7. 11. Involves a long-term change in the body due to exercise training.
  8. 12. Scientific study of old age, the process of aging, and the particular problems of oldpeople.
  9. 14. has long been the method of limiting minority athletes participation in American sports
  10. 15. also known as underwater weighing, is one of the more accurate forms of body composition assessment
  11. 20. occurs as a result of a disruption to blood flow to an area of the brain.