Category: P
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Physical fitness
The ability of the body’s physical parts to function, measured by the level at which these physical parts are capable of functioning. A physiological state of well-being that provides the foundation for the tasks of daily living, a degree of protection against hypokinetic disease, and a basis for participation in sport. A set of attributes…
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Peripheral vasodilation
The widening of blood vessels near the surface of the skin. The increase of blood into the skin, resulting from the relaxation of the small arterioles that lead into the capillary beds of the edges of the body. This is a gentle way to lessen early high blood pressure, decreasing the difficulty of pushing columns…
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Peripheral nervous system (PNS)
Connects the brain and spinal cord with receptors, muscles, and glands. Nerves that are located outside the brain and the spinal cord and connect the spinal cord to the effectors and receptors. All the nerves in different parts of the body which are linked and govyerned by the central nervous system. One of the two…
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Periosteum
Dense, white, fibrous sheath on the surface of a bone where muscles and tendons attach. The fibrous covering of long bones. The membrane of connective tissue that closely covers all bones. Adherent tissue enclosing a bone. A dense layer of connective tissue around a bone. A thin layer of membrane that is found on the…
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Pattern
A pattern or combination is two or more moves linked together to form some type of repeatable sequence in choreography.
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Patellar subluxation/dislocation
Condition in which the kneecap does not track evenly with the groove in the femur.
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Patellar bursitis
Condition of swelling and inflammation over the front of the knee.
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Part-whole method
A learning process in which the individual needs to see the various parts before they can visualize the whole concept.
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Partnership
A business structure composed of two or more individuals who control the company and are personally liable for its debts. Profits and losses are split between all parties and their individual income tax returns. Two or more people (or organizations) carrying on a business for profit (for the purpose of making money). The law recognizes…
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Parkinson’s disease (PD)
A disorder that affects nerve cells in the part of the brain controlling muscle movement; four primary signs are resting tremor, muscle rigidity, slowness of movement, and postural instability. A slowly progressive disease of the central nervous system (CNS), more frequent in males than in females, characterized by tremor at rest, akinesia, and bradykinesia, as…