BENEFITS OF CARDIOVASCULAR TRAINING
Cardiovascular exercise causes your lungs to breathe less often.
False
The muscles around your lungs are made stronger as you do regular cardiovascular exercise.
True
Match the phrase with the term. How hard the blood pushes on the inside of the blood vessels is called . The total amount of blood the heart pumps in one minute is called . When blood vessels open wider during exercise, they are said to . How many times your heart beats in one minute is called . The force that can put unhealthy tension on the heart as it is pumping is called . The amount of blood the heart pumps out in one beat is called
blood pressure cardiac output dilate heart rate blood pressure stroke volume
The body system that most influences your blood pressure is the
blood vessels
Choose all the answers that apply. It's important to do cardiovascular exercise on a regular basis because it _____.
improves your heart's stroke volume helps you lose weight lowers your blood pressure
stroke volume
the amount of blood that the heart can pump in a single beat
blood pressure
the force exerted on the walls of the blood vessels by the blood that moves through them
heart rate
the number of times your heart beats in a minute
cardiac output
the total amount of blood the heart pumps in one minute
dilate
to widen or get larger in size