2024 NASM CPT Final Exam Study Guide New Full Questions and Answers ( Included ) 100% Correct
- The body's ability to sense the relative position of adjacent parts of the body
Ex: when walking our feet give us proprioception about the type of surface we are on.
Answer: Proprioception
- specialized structures that recognize pressure in tissue and transmit signals to sensory
nerves.
Answer: Mechanoreceptors
- sensory receptors in the muscles that are parallel to the muscle fibers and are sensitive to
change in muscle length. Spindles stretch with muscle and sends information to CNS.
helps to prevent muscles from stretching too far or too fast
Answer: Muscle Spindles
- sensory receptors that are located at the point where the skeletal muscle fibers insert into
the tendon. Sensitive to change in tension at the rate of change
causes the muscle to relax
Answer: Golgi Tendon Organs
- connective tissue UNDER fascia that acts as an outer layer of the whole muscle
Answer: Epimysium
- connective tissue acts as an outer layer of fascicles
Answer: Perimysium
- between the individual muscle fibers
Answer: Endomysium
- "slow-twitch", smaller in size, lessforce produced, long-term contractions (stabilization)
Answer: Type 1 Muscle Fiber
- fast twitch, larger, quick to fatigue, force and power exercises
Answer: Type 2 Muscle Fiber
- PRIME MOVER, main muscles
ex: chest press-> pectoralis major
Answer: Agonist 1 / 2
11. ASSIST PRIME MOVER,
ex: chest press -> ant deltoid, triceps
Answer: Synergist
- stabilizes while prime mover and assist work. chest press -> rotator cuff
Answer: Stabilizer
- Oppose Prime mover,
chest press -> posterior delt
Answer: Antagonist
- gather DEOXGENATED blood returning to the heart from ENTIRE BODY
Answer: -Right Atrium
- gathers OXYGENATED blood coming from the LUNGS
Answer: Left Atrium
- thin walls pumps under low pressure. Pumps to lungs
Answer: Right Ventricle
- thick walls, pumps under high pressure to rest of body
Answer: Left Ventricle
- all of the chemical reactions that happen in our body to maintain itself. Nutrients are
acquired, transported and used by the body.
Answer: Metabolism
- bioenergetics as it relates to the unique physiologic changes and demands on body during
exercise
Answer: Exercise Metabolism
- where enzymes act
Answer: Substrates
- Sugars, starches, and fiber. Provide the body with a source of fuel and energy required for
all daily activities
Answer: Carbohydrates
- a simple sugar that comes from the digestion of carbs that is transported through the blood
and is used or stored as energy
Answer: Glucose
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