Unit 5

Question 1

Health

Answer 1

A state of complete physical, mental and social well being, and not merely the absence of disease

Question 2

Advantages of physical activity

Answer 2

Improved body shape 
Relieves stress
Helps for better sleep
Reduces the chances of illness 
Improves posture 
Improves strength, flexibility and stamina

Question 3

Ligaments

Answer 3

Fibres connecting bones for joints

Question 4

Tendons

Answer 4

Fibres joining bone to muscle

Question 5

Name the four types of bones

Answer 5

Long, short, flat, irregular

Question 6

Freely movable joints

Answer 6

Joints that can be moved with full control. Most joint are this type

Question 7

Slightly movable joints

Answer 7

e.g. vertebrae in the spine // move slightly

Question 8

Immovable joints

Answer 8

e.g. the skull

Question 9

Flexion

Answer 9

Decreasing of an angle at a joint e.g. bending the elbow

Question 10

Extension

Answer 10

Increasing of an angle at a joint e.g. straightening the elbow

Question 11

Abduction

Answer 11

Moving a joint or bone away from the midline of the body

Question 12

Adduction

Answer 12

Moving a bone or joint into the midline of the body

Question 13

Rotation

Answer 13

Where the bone or joint moves freely in a curve e.g. the wrist

Question 14

Skeletal Muscles

Answer 14

Make up the majority of the muscles in the body. Only move with conscious effort

Question 15

Cardiac Muscles

Answer 15

Work automatically and constantly e.g. the heart

Question 16

Involuntary muscles

Answer 16

Muscles we have no control over e.g. walls of the intestine

Question 17

Open Skills

Answer 17

Occur in situations that are constantly changing. Skills that have to be adapted to the game

Question 18

Closed Skill

Answer 18

Occur in constant situations and are not affected by external factors

Question 19

Visual Guidance

Answer 19

Seeing a demonstration or example

Question 20

Verbal Guidance

Answer 20

Being told what needs to be done

Question 21

Manual Guidance

Answer 21

Being physically assisted in what to do

Question 22

Intrinisic

Answer 22

Sensed by the performer while they are actually performing

Question 23

Extrinisic

Answer 23

Comes from external sources e.g. sounds