Explain how biomechanical principles, as a sequential series of movements, support the

performance of discus

Dani Stevens keep in a starting position to maintain her balance. Her centre of gravity is in
line with her line of gravity therefore meaning that she can keep her body stable and firm to
the ground. As Dani Stevens begins to spin around, she therefore starts to gains momentum
and speed to be able to throw the discus far. Her flexibility through her hips and shoulders
allows her to move the discus well behind her back.

1. Describe the functions of blood.

2. Distinguish between plasma and formed elements in the blood.
3a. Describe how the respiratory and circulatory systems coordinate the supply and transport
of oxygen to the cells and removal of carbon dioxide from the blood.
3b. Discuss the importance of this process to physical performance.
4. Compare the structure and function of veins and arteries.
5. Explain the differences between systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure.
6. Predict (or research) the impact of high and low blood pressure on health.
7. Summarise the process of gaseous exchange at the alveolar and tissue levels

1.
Blood Is Fluid Connective Tissue.
Blood Provides the Body's Cells with Oxygen and Removes Carbon Dioxide.
Blood Transports Nutrients and Hormones.
Blood Regulates Body Temperature.
Platelets Clot Blood at Sites of Injury. ...
Blood Brings Waste Products to the Kidneys and Liver.

2. Plasma is the fluid portion of blood that contains proteins, ions, nutrients, hormones,
antibodies, metabolites, enzymes, clotting factors, etc. ... The formed elements of blood are
the red blood cells (erythrocytes), white blood cells (leukocytes), and platelets
(thrombocytes).

3, This extensive network supplies the cells, tissues, and organs with oxygen and nutrients,
and removes carbon dioxide and waste compounds. Thus the circulatory and respiratory
system, whose function is to obtain oxygen and discharge carbon dioxide, work in tandem.

4. Arteries carry blood away from the heart, and veinscarry blood toward the heart, but that is
not the only difference. Arteries and veins differ in their structureas well.
Arteries and veins are similar in that the layers which form the walls are similar in
composition.
5. Blood pressure measures the force on the wall of the blood vessels caused by the pressure
of the blood. Systolic pressure is the pressure of the blood when your heart beats to
pump blood out. Diastolic pressure is the pressure of the bloodwhen your heart rests in
between beats.
6. New study finds both components of blood pressure predict heart attack, stroke risk. ...
The study, which was published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, runs counter
to decades of previous research indicating that high systolic blood pressure is more likely
than diastolic pressure to result in adverse outcomes

7. During pulmonary gas exchange oxygen from inhaled air is diffused into the alveoli in the
lungs and the wast product carbon dioxide from the body diffuses out through the alveoli to
be exhaled back into the air. ... This exchange of gases at tissue level is called peripheral gas
exchange.