Author: Glossary
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Waiver of liability
An agreement between the club and the participant that if the club permits the participant to exercise in its facility, the participant agrees not to sue the club should the participant become injured.
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Waist circumference
A simple predictor of obesityrelated health risk by measuring the circumference of the waist, which takes into account internal fat stores carried in the abdominal area that are associated with metabolic disease. A measurement that when greater than 40 inches in men, or 36 inches in women, defines a form of obesity that confers particularly…
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Vocal nodules
Small, callused growths formed on the vocal cords caused by overuse and abuse of one’s voice.
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Vocal injury
Abuse of the vocal cords, causing an alteration in the normal manner of speaking such as hoarseness and lowered pitch.
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Vocal cords
Pair of membrane covered muscles and ligaments located in the midthroat. They vibrate to produce sound. A fold of mucous membrane in the larynx forming the inferior boundary of the ventricle of the larynx are activated by air passing over them, and their vibrations produce sound which is the voice. A pair of fibrous sheets…
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Vitamin
An essential nutrient. Noncaloric organic nutrients needed in tiny amounts in the diet. Organic substances of plant or animal origin that are essential for normal growth, development, metabolic processes, and energy transformations. An organic compound required in tiny amounts (for the growth, proper biological functioning and maintenance of health of an organism). Vitamins are commonly…
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Visual learner
A person who learns primarily through visual input.
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Visual cue
A cue that is received by seeing such as hand signals, eye contact, facial expression, posture, physical demonstration, and body language.
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Viscosity
Refers to the friction between molecules of a liquid or gas, causing the molecules to tend to adhere to each other (cohesion) and, in water, to a submerged body (adhesion). The numerical index of the resistance to flow of a Newtonian fluid. A measure of a liquid’s resistance to flow, as expressed in units called…
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Visceral muscle
The smooth or involuntary muscle in the body over which we have no control. A smooth muscle in the wall of the intestine which makes the intestine contract.