Cardio: A term (short for cardiovascular) that is often used interchangeably with aerobic. Aerobic exercise is any repetitive activity that you do long enough and hard enough to challenge your heart and lungs.

 

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Cardio: A term (short for cardiovascular) that is often used interchangeably with aerobic. Aerobic exercise is any repetitive activity that you do long enough and hard enough to challenge your heart . . . View Full Definition

Hypercardioid: A narrower heart-shaped pick-up pattern than that of cardioid microphones.

Hypercardioid Microphone: A highly unidirectional microphone, for which the pickup pattern is narrower than that of a cardioid microphone. So-called 'shotgun' microphones have a hypercardioid pattern.

Cardioid Microphone: A unidirectional microphone with most of its sensitivity aimed toward the front, and a pickup pattern that resembles an inverted heart.

Cardioid: Heart shaped pickup pattern characteristic of some microphones which reduces sensitivity to sounds from the sides and back.

Cardiorespiratory System: The lungs, and heart and blood vessels in the body.

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR): CPR, combines compressions of the chest with rescue breathing to keep blood flowing through the body and brain while delivering oxygen to the bloodstream. CPR is the first step in treating c . . . View Full Definition

Hantavirus Cardiopulmonary Syndrome: A deadly disease transmitted to humans by infected rodents through urine, droppings, or saliva. Humans can contract the disease when they breathe in aerosolized virus. Although rare it has a . . . View Full Definition

Cardiovascular Training: Physical conditioning that strengthens heart and blood vessels, the result of which is an increase in the ability for your body muscles to utilize fuel more effectively resulting in a greate . . . View Full Definition

Cardiovascular System: The human circulatory system consisting of the heart and the vessels that transport blood to and from the heart.