Physical Education 2014 Terms and Definitions Agonist and Antagonist – these are terms for muscles‚ which work in pairs. Agonist – is the muscle‚ which is the prime mover and creates the initial movements via contraction e.g. the bicep is the antagonist muscle‚ when you pull your arm towards you bending at the elbow. Antagonist – is the muscle‚ which relaxes to allow the movement to occur e.g. the triceps will relax to allow your arm the bend at the elbow. Flexion – decreasing the
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Physical development is the way the body increases in skill and becomes more complex in performance. Physical development is divided into two main areas which are Gross Motor Skills and Fine Motor Skills. Gross motor skills involve co ordination and control of the large parts of the body. Some of the movements that are included in gross motor skills are walking‚ running‚ jumping and climbing. Fine Motor Skills relate to the control of the smaller muscles ‚ controlling finer movements such as pointing
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Gender identity Children begin to identify themselves as a boy or a girl as early as 18 months. But it’s between the ages of 2 and 6 that they begin to identify with others of their sex and demonstrate play and other behaviors that are characteristic of that sex. Most social scientists agree that an interplay of nature and nurture determines how these gender roles play out. Physical growth Between the big growth stages of infancy and adolescence‚ boys and girls grow in height and weight at
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The following show expected colony appearances and morphologies (shapes) of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus. Note characteristics such as edges‚ color‚ and whether the colonies are rough or smooth in texture. For colony appearances of E. coli and S. aureus‚ scientists often describe what they look like on agar. This is not the microscopic view (for example‚ as with a slide) but a “naked eye” view of how the bacterial colonies look while growing on a medium. (This is one type of culture
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Matthew Benson APS 210 12 April 2013 Writing Assignment #2 Physical Security Technology Selection Introduction. Special Operations Security Solutions has developed a physical security plan at the request of a managing business partner. This Physical Security plan was developed for the safeguarding of information requiring protection in the interests of national security. It primarily pertains to classified national security information‚ now known as classified information‚ but also addresses
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laws against bullying are thin and only go so far which means only stopping so much of bullying. There are three types of bullying that all produce negative effects‚ short term and long term. These types of bullying are verbal‚ physical and cyber bullying. Verbal and physical bullying involves saying mean things to the victim and personally putting a hand on them. Cyber bullying is different‚ this type of bullying is over the inter act where the victim cannot see their bully. Surprisingly‚ cyber bullying
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Gender Bias in Education by Amanda Chapman of D ’Youville College "Sitting in the same classroom‚ reading the same textbook‚ listening to the same teacher‚ boys and girls receive very different educations." (Sadker‚ 1994) In fact‚ upon entering school‚ girls perform equal to or better than boys on nearly every measure of achievement‚ but by the time they graduate high school or college‚ they have fallen behind. (Sadker‚ 1994) However‚ discrepancies between the performance of girls and the performance
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one determine what is actually true from what only seems to be true? Throughout the play‚ the theme of appearance versus reality is constant. This theme is played out from the beginning‚ with Claudius’ attempt to conceal his secret intentions; Gertrude and Ophelia masking their own truths‚ and finally Hamlet‚ who assumes the role of a madman in order to uncover the reality behind his appearance. Various characters try to cover their secret intentions with a veneer of a whole other person. One of
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HISTORY AND PHYSICAL Patient Name: Adela Torres Patient ID: 132463 Room No.: 541 Date of Admission: 06/22/---- Admitting Physician: Leon Medina‚ MD Admitting Diagnosis: Stomatitis‚ possibly methotrexate related. CHIEF COMPLAINT: Swelling of lips causing difficulty swallowing. HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS: This patient is a 57-year-old Cuban woman with a long history of rheumatoid arthritis. She has received methotrexate on a weekly basis as an outpatient for many
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Gender Roles For many years society has embraced the idea that the difference between men and women were biologically determined. Thou through traditions‚ media‚ and peers we act accordingly to how others view us. Each individual has pressure placed upon them based on their gender. Our sex is determined by genetics while our gender is programmed by social customs. Some theories interpret that a women is tender and a loving mother while on the other hand men are aggressive hunters and are
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