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Plethysmography: An instrument or measuring Blister: A painful swelling on the surface of
changes in volume within an organ skin
Skinfold: A fold of skin Contusion: A muscle injury
Subscapular: A large triangular muscle Comminuted: A break into three or more
Trait: A distinguish quality pieces
Umbilicus: The navel Corresponding: Equivalent in character
Dislocation: Disturbance from a proper place
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Diagnosis: The identification of the nature of
Adiposity: A condition of being severely illness
overweight
Electrotherapy: Use of electrical energy as a
Aerobic Capacity: A measure of the ability of medical treatment
the heart and lungs to get oxygen tot he
muscles Hematoma: Rupture of internal tissue
Hydrotherapy: The treatment through excrease
Appearance: The way that someone looks
in water
Biochemical: Relating to the chemical processes
and substances which occur within living Incision: A cut of skin
beings Kinesiology: The study of the mechanics of
body
Composition: The nature of someone’s
ingredients Laceration: Tearing of skin
Capacity: The maximum amount something Oblique: Slanting
cum contain Overtraining: To train excessively
Cholesterol: A compound of the sterol found Pain killer: A drug or medicine for relieving
in body tissues pain
Extensibility: The ability to be extended Rehabilitation: The action of restoring
Fertility: The quality of being furtile someone to health
Gastrointestinal: Relating to stomach and Subluxation: A condition that occurs when a
intestine joint begun to dislocate
Intensity: The quality of being intense Transverse: Situated across something
Mobility: The quality of being mobile Temporomandibular: Affecting the joint
between temporal bone and the mandible
Mitochondria: A double membrane-bound
organelle 10. kineSiology, biomechanicS anD
Nerve: A bundle of fibre in the body SportS
Physiological: The brands of biology that deals Anatomy: The branch of science concerned
with the normal function of living things with the bodily structure
Residual: Remaining after the greater post Anterior: Towards or at the front
Tidal Air Capacity: The air that passes in and Biomechanics: The study of mechanical laws
out of the lungs relating to the structure of living beings
Urinary: Relating to urine Distal: Further from a point of reference

9. SportS meDicine dorsal: Relating tot he upper side
Extension: The action of moving a limb
Abrasion: An injury to skin
Frontal: An axis that passes from left to right

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