ACSM Intro to Exercise Science: Chapter 1 Questions and Answers Already Passed

ACSM Intro to Exercise Science: Chapter 1 Questions and Answers Already Passed What are 2 categories of Exercise Science? Athletic performance Help the health of people Physical Inactivity results in... Early morbidity and premature mortality Morbidity Disease Mortality Dying from a disease What are the top 7 causes of death? Heart disease Cancer Stroke Respiratory disease Accidents Alzheimer's Diabetes What does the exercise science umbrella involve? Physical activity Exercise Sport Athletic performance What are common characteristics of exercise science? Movements of the body Adaptations to movement Physical Activity activities of daily living including all movement that humans perform Exercise structured movement process for the purpose of improving fitness and performance Sport and athletic competition movement in structured and organized activities that involve a competitive aspect When were the early influences of exercise science? Greeks and Romans 450 BC - 200 AD Renaissance Period 14-17 century Era of Enlightenment 19th century Gymnos Gymnasium What 4 men explored physical activity in Greek and Roman times? Hippocrates Plato Socrates Aristotle Who started studying physiology and hygiene in the 14th to 17th centuries? Da Vinci Galileo Galilee William Harvey Studied circulation through arteries/veins Hooke, Boyle Studied the lungs and breathing in 1600 Sir John Floyer First one to see change in HR while walking Keill Studied and dissected human muscles to discover fiber size, structure, and contraction Hales Discovered how to accurately measure BP How did Hales measure blood pressure? Stuck a glass tube in a horses artery Bernoulli Discovered cardiac output Cardiac Output The volume of blood pumped by the heart in 1 minute Stroke Volume How much blood is pumped