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5.2.3. Reading comprehension. Sports Anatomy and Physiology.

5.2.3. Reading comprehension Sports Anatomy and Physiology.

Read the text and write 4 WH-questions to it.

Sports Anatomydeals with the human skeleton, the spine, types and structure of bones and joints. In sports anatomy you also learn about muscles of the human body, types of muscle, fibre types and the types of muscle contractions.

Key topics in Sports Physiology include respiration, response of human body to exercise, and the long term and short term effects of exercise. Sportsmen and coaches also have to know about the circulatory and respiratory systems, blood flow and blood pressure, and the mechanics of breathing.

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