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Exam 3
Health Test
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Health Care
Undergraduate 1
04/17/2013

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Term
Percent Body Fat for Men
Definition
3-5%
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Percent Body fat for Women
Definition
8-12%
Term
Calculate BMI
Definition
weight/height
Term
underweight bmi index
Definition
<18
Term
healthy BMI index
Definition
19-24
Term
Overweight BMI index
Definition
25-29
Term
Obese BMI index
Definition
>30
Term
What contributes to excess body fat?
Definition
  • Genetic Factors
  • Physiological Factors
  • Lifestyle Factors
  • Psychosocial
Term
Obesity
Definition
  • raises mortality rate (2x that of non-obese)
  • Type 2 Diabetes, hypertension, impaired immune system, kidney disease, sleep disorders, arthritis, and cancer
  • Psychological health: depression, body dissatisfaction & eating disorders
Term
Leptin
Definition
  • produced  in fat cells
  • high levels: suppress appetite in brain
  • low levels: trigger hunger signals
Term
Orexin
Definition
produced in the hypothalamus to promote eating
Term
Ghrelin
Definition
produced in the stomach to promote eating
Term
% of daily calorific need consumed in a meal
Definition
(#calories/2000 calories) x 100
Term
Metabolism
Definition
sum of all reactions occuring in your body to make it work
Term
Catabolic reaction
Definition
breaking something down into simplest form
Term
Anabolic Reaction
Definition
builds molecules
Term
hunger stimulates the realease of ______
Definition
ghrelin
Term
  • hormone sent from the pituitary gland to a specific place in the body
  • has a peptide structure made up of amino acids
  • stimulates release of growth hormone
Definition
Greline
Term
physical activity
Definition
bodily movement produced by muscle contraction that increase energy expenditure above a resting level
Term
excercise
Definition
physical activity that is planned and structured with the primary purpose of improving or maintaining one or more aspects of our physical capacity or physical fitness
Term
components of physical fitness
Definition
developed physical capacity that enables people to perform routine physcial tasks with vigor, participate in a variety of physical activities, and reduce their risk for multiple, inactivity related chronic disease
Term
obtaining energy
Definition
from food which really means the production of adenosine triphospate ATP
Term
Sources of ATP
Definition
anaerobic and aerobic metabolism
Term
anaerobic metabolism
Definition
  • produces ATP in absence of oxygen
  • high energy output, for short amount of time (seconds)
Term
Aerobic Metabolism
Definition
  • produces ATP in presence of oxygen
  • low energy output, for long periods of time (minutes, hours)
Term
Cardiorespiratory Function
Definition
  • veins--> return oxygen-poor, waste-rich blood to the lungs
  • lungs-->release waste products from and absorb fresh oxygen into the blood
  • heart-->pumps blood around circulatory system
  • arteries-->distribute oxygen-rich blood to working muscles, where oxygen is removed for aerobic ATP production, waste products collected
Term
adaptions to exercise
Definition
  • lungs-->training enhances the exchange of oxygen and wastes at higher breathing rates
  • heart-->cardiac muscle strengthens, ejecting more blood with each beat
  • muscle-->cells become more effective in metabolizing fuel sources
Term
strength
Definition
maximal force that a muscle can exert
Term
endurance
Definition
ability to exert submaximal force over time
Term
flexibility
Definition
range of motion available in a joint
Term
adaptions to excercise
Definition
  • lungs--> training enhances the exchange of oxygen and wastes at higher breathing rates
  • heart-->cardiac muscle strengthens, ejecting more blood with each beat
  • muscle-->cells become more effective in metabolizing fuel sources
Term
energy expenditure
Definition

the amount of energy your body burns per day, with three main factors:

  • resting metabolic rate-->energy required to run your body at rest (60-75%)
  • thermic effect of food-->energy released from metabolism of food (5-10%)
  • physical activity-->only componet we can control (25-40%)
Term
Insulin
Definition
a hormone excreted by the blood when there are high glucose levels
Term
how is insulin involved with diabetes
Definition
  • blood glucose cannot enter active cells for cell metabolism with insulin
  • the liver cannot convert excess blood glucose to stored glycogen
  • blood glucose levels soar
Term
Type I Diabetes
Definition
  • accounts for 5-10% of all cases
  • immune system destroys all insulin producing cells
Term
Type II Diabetes
Definition
  • accounts for 90-95% of all cases
  • body produces insulin but the cells fo not respond to the hormone--- insulin resistance
Term
diabetes risk factors
Definition
  • family member with diabetes
  • obesity
  • age over 45
  • gestational diabetes
  • high blood pressure
  • high triglycerides
  • high cholesterol
Term
purpose of the heart
Definition
  • move blood
  • gas exchange
  • nutrient delivery
Term
pulmonary circulation
Definition
blood to and from the lungs
Term
systemic circulation
Definition
left side of the heart pumps blood to the body
Term
veins
Definition
blood to the heart
Term
arteries
Definition
takes blood away from the heart
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