NASM CPT FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE WITH ANSWERS
1. Proprioception The body's ability to 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.
2. Mechanorecep- specialized structures that recognize pressure in tissue
tors and transmit signals to sensory nerves.
3. Muscle Spindles 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 informa-
tion to CNS.
helps to prevent muscles from stretching too far or too fast
4. Golgi Tendon Or- sensory receptors that are located at the point where the
gans skeletal muscle fibers insert into the tendon. Sensitive to
change in tension at the rate of change
causes the muscle to relax
5. Epimysium connective tissue UNDER fascia that acts as an outer
layer of the whole muscle
6. Perimysium connective tissue acts as an outer layer of fascicles
7. Endomysium between the individual muscle fibers
8. Type 1 Muscle "slow-twitch", smaller in size, lessforce produced,
Fiber long-term contractions (stabilization)
9. Type 2 Muscle fast twitch, larger, quick to fatigue, force and power exer-
Fiber cises
10. Agonist PRIME MOVER, main muscles
ex: chest press-> pectoralis major
11. Synergist ASSIST PRIME MOVER,
ex: chest press -> ant deltoid, triceps
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12. Stabilizer stabilizes while prime mover and assist work.
chest press -> rotator cuff
13. Antagonist Oppose Prime mover,
chest press -> posterior delt
14. Right Atrium gather DEOXGENATED blood returning to the heart from
ENTIRE BODY
15. Left Atrium gathers OXYGENATED blood coming from the LUNGS
16. Right Ventricle thin walls pumps under low pressure. Pumps to lungs
17. Left Ventricle thick walls, pumps under high pressure to rest of body
18. Metabolism all of the chemical reactions that happen in our body to
maintain itself. Nutrients are acquired, transported and
used by the body.
19. Exercise Metabo- bioenergetics as it relates to the unique physiologic
lism changes and demands on body during exercise
20. Substrates where enzymes act
21. Carbohydrates Sugars, starches, and fiber. Provide the body with a
source of fuel and energy required for all daily activities
22. Glucose a simple sugar that comes from the digestion of carbs that
is transported through the blood and is used or stored as
energy
23. Glycogen the stored form of carbs, when needed it converts to
glucose and used
24. Fat a secondary source of energy
25. Trigylcerides come from fats, when calories are consumed but not used
they are converted and stored in fat cells
26. Protein
1. Proprioception The body's ability to 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.
2. Mechanorecep- specialized structures that recognize pressure in tissue
tors and transmit signals to sensory nerves.
3. Muscle Spindles 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 informa-
tion to CNS.
helps to prevent muscles from stretching too far or too fast
4. Golgi Tendon Or- sensory receptors that are located at the point where the
gans skeletal muscle fibers insert into the tendon. Sensitive to
change in tension at the rate of change
causes the muscle to relax
5. Epimysium connective tissue UNDER fascia that acts as an outer
layer of the whole muscle
6. Perimysium connective tissue acts as an outer layer of fascicles
7. Endomysium between the individual muscle fibers
8. Type 1 Muscle "slow-twitch", smaller in size, lessforce produced,
Fiber long-term contractions (stabilization)
9. Type 2 Muscle fast twitch, larger, quick to fatigue, force and power exer-
Fiber cises
10. Agonist PRIME MOVER, main muscles
ex: chest press-> pectoralis major
11. Synergist ASSIST PRIME MOVER,
ex: chest press -> ant deltoid, triceps
, NASM CPT FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE WITH ANSWERS
12. Stabilizer stabilizes while prime mover and assist work.
chest press -> rotator cuff
13. Antagonist Oppose Prime mover,
chest press -> posterior delt
14. Right Atrium gather DEOXGENATED blood returning to the heart from
ENTIRE BODY
15. Left Atrium gathers OXYGENATED blood coming from the LUNGS
16. Right Ventricle thin walls pumps under low pressure. Pumps to lungs
17. Left Ventricle thick walls, pumps under high pressure to rest of body
18. Metabolism all of the chemical reactions that happen in our body to
maintain itself. Nutrients are acquired, transported and
used by the body.
19. Exercise Metabo- bioenergetics as it relates to the unique physiologic
lism changes and demands on body during exercise
20. Substrates where enzymes act
21. Carbohydrates Sugars, starches, and fiber. Provide the body with a
source of fuel and energy required for all daily activities
22. Glucose a simple sugar that comes from the digestion of carbs that
is transported through the blood and is used or stored as
energy
23. Glycogen the stored form of carbs, when needed it converts to
glucose and used
24. Fat a secondary source of energy
25. Trigylcerides come from fats, when calories are consumed but not used
they are converted and stored in fat cells
26. Protein
