Aerobic exercise and fitness can be contrasted with anaerobic exercise, of which strength training and short-distance running are the most salient examples. The two types of exercise differ by the duration and intensity of muscular contractions involved, as well as by how energy is generated within the muscle.
Main article: Feeding behaviors. Anthropophagy is the custom and practice of eating human flesh. It may refer to: Cannibalism, when one human consumes the flesh of another Anthropophagi (singular anthropophage), a mythical race of cannibals first described by Herodotus. Self-cannibalism, the act of eating one's own flesh.
Atrophy. Definition: Decrease in the size of cells, tissues, or organs. Causes of atrophy include poor nourishment, poor circulation, loss of hormonal support, loss of nerve supply to the target organ, disuse or lack of exercise, or disease intrinsic to the tissue itself.Hormonal and nerve inputs that maintain an organ or body part are referred to as trophic.Atrophy is a general physiological process of reabsorption and breakdown of tissues, involving apoptosis on a cellular level. It can be part of normal body development and homeostatic processes, or as a result of disease.ormonal and nerve inputs that maintain an organ or body part are referred to as trophic. Atrophy is a general physiological process of reabsorption and breakdown of tissues, involving apoptosis on a cellular level. It can be part of normal body development and homeostatic processes, or as a result of disease.