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Heart / FITT / cardiac output
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Health Care
10th Grade
09/14/2006

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Term
Largest and main artery of circulatory system
Definition
Aorta
Term
Blood vessels that carry blood FROM the upper and lower parts of the body
Definition
Upper part of body - Surperior vena cava

Lower part of body - Inferior vena cava
Term
Seperates left and right sides of the heart
Definition
Septum
Term
Blood vessels that carry blood TO the lungs
Definition
Pulmonary artery

Pulmonary vein
Term
Four chambers of the heart
Definition
Right atrium, right ventricle, left atrium, left ventricle
Term
Keeps blood from flowing back into the chamber of a heart
Definition
valve
Term
Aorta
Definition
biggest artery

pushes blood to entire body
Term
Surperior vena cava
Definition
brings deoxygenated blood from upper part of body to the heart
Term
Inferior vena cava
Definition
brings deoxygenated blood to heart from lower part of body
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Right atrium
Definition
Chamber of the heart

Collects deoxygenated blood from body
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Right ventricle
Definition
Chamber of heart

pushes deoxygenated blood out of heart to lungs
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Pulmonary Artery
Definition
brings deoxygenated blood to lungs

only artery that carries de-ox blood
Term
Pulmonary vein
Definition
carries oxygenated blood from lungs to heart

only vein that carries ox. blood
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Left atrium
Definition
Chamber

Receives ox. blood from lungs
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Left ventricle
Definition
Chamber

pushes oxygenated blood out to body
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side of heart that has more muscle / why
Definition
left side - because needs the extra muscle to pump blood out to the body
Term
Cardiac output
Definition
volume of blood pumped per minute (want a higher cardiac output rather than a lower one)
Term
F.i.t.t.
Definition
Frequency

exercise three to five times per week with no more than 48 hours in between workouts
Term
f.I.t.t.
Definition
Intensity

reccommended intensity for healthy, active individuals = 60-80%

reccommended intensity for low fit, deconditioned, or older adults = 40-50%
Term
f.i.T.t.
Definition
Time

20-30 minutes at intensity of 60-80% not including warm-up and cool down

warm-up = 5-15 minutes
conditioning bout = 20-30 minutes
cool down = 5-15 minutes
Term
f.i.t.T.
Definition
2 types:

aerobic exercise ("with oxygen")- activities that demand large amounts of oxygen and improve cardioresperatory endurance, i.e. dancing, cycling, jogging

anaerobic exercise ("without oxygen")- activities of high intensity and short duration, i.e. sprinting
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