| A | B |
| Hypokinetic | too little activity |
| AAHPERD | American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance |
| ACSM | American College of Sports Medicine |
| Homeostasis | Maintenance of a constant internal environment |
| Steady state | Balance betwen demands placed on body and the physiological response to those demands |
| Receptor | Capable of detecting changes |
| Integrating center | Assesses input and initiates responses |
| Effector | Corrects changes to internal environment |
| Anatomy | Study of the structure and shape of the body and their relationship to each other |
| Physiology | The study of how the body and its parts work or function |
| Aerobic | In the presence of oxygen. |
| Anaerobic | Without oxygen. |
| Biomechanics | The study of the mechanics of a living body. |
| Sport Psychology | Is the study of a person's behavior in sport. |
| Visualize | Go through the motion in your head. |
| Motivation | Incentive, inspiration,drive, enthusiam, impetus, stimulus, or driving force |
| Concentration | To focus, close or fixed attention |
| Health | Optimal well-being that contributes to the quality of life |
| Wellness | Quality of life and sense of wellbeing |
| Illness | Is the ill feeling and/or symptoms associated with disease |
| Lifestyles | Patterns of behaviors of how we live |
| Physical Fitness | Ability to function effectively and efficiently |
| Metabolic Fitness | State of being associated with lower risk of disease |
| Bone Integrity | Soundness of bones |
| Physical Activity | All forms of movement |
| Emotional Wellness | Ability to cope with dail events and feelings in a positive way. |
| Social Wellness | Ability to interact effectively with others |
| Intellectual Wellness | Ability meet the demands of daily life. |
| Spiritual Wellness | person establishes a value system and carries out meaningful life goals. |
| Coordination | Ability to use senses with body parts to perform motor tasks. |
| Agility | Ability to change rapidly the position of the entire body. |
| Balance | The maintenance of equilibrium. |
| Power | Ability to transfer energy into force at a fast rate of speed. |
| Flexibility | Range of motion around a joint. |
| D.B. Dill | Director of Harvard Fatigue lab. |
| Biological control system | A series of interconnected components that serve to maintain a physical or chemical parameter. |
| Response of control system | opposite of the stimulus |
| Receptor, integrating center, and stimulus | Components of a control system. |