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AAAI/ISMA Personal Training Certification – Full Glossary and Verified Answers – Anatomy, Physiology, and Exercise Science

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This extensive document serves as a glossary and answer guide for the AAAI/ISMA Personal Training Certification. It includes hundreds of verified terms and definitions across anatomy, physiology, kinesiology, energy systems, muscle actions, joint structures, heart and lung function, training protocols, and injury prevention. Ideal for those studying for AAAI/ISMA exams or reviewing fundamental concepts in personal fitness training.

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AAAI/ISMA questions with verified answers
- Level 2 Ans✓✓✓ The ligaments have been stretched beyond fictional
limits and rehabilitation needs to happen to bring back to use.
Immobilization usually follows. The joint is then compromised and will
be less stable


-Level 1 Ans✓✓✓ The joint is tweaked but the injury can be walked off
and no other treatment is necessary


-level 3 Ans✓✓✓ The ligament has been ruptured. Surgery follows and
the joint has to be repaired


< 8 Reps Ans✓✓✓ Work strength. The closer to one repetition
maximum you ready the more strength you will obtains. There is an
increased rush for injury


15 + Reps Ans✓✓✓ Works muscle endurance there are diminishing
returns after 20 repetitions though. You must reach failure as close to 20
to be most effective though


3x 12 Ans✓✓✓ Works general fitness a few weeks into the program,
there are little strength or endurance gains being made


A bands Ans✓✓✓ Composed of mostly thick filaments. Thus appear
dark when stained

,Abduction Ans✓✓✓ Away from the midline of body or limb


Acrominal process / coracoid process Ans✓✓✓ A part of the scapula


Acromionclavicular joint Ans✓✓✓ Connects the acromion of the
scapula to the clavicle


Actin Ans✓✓✓ Thin filaments of protein shaped like two strands of
pearls twisted around each other


Active -flexibility Ans✓✓✓ Available when internal forces demand the
movement range (I.e bending over your knees )


Adduction Ans✓✓✓ Toward the midline of the body or limb


Adenosine Triphosphate Ans✓✓✓ A chemical that serves as the
immediate source of chemical energy for most of the energy consuming
reactions in the body especially muscle contraction


Aerobic system Ans✓✓✓ Substrate: glycogen, protein & fat
Oxygen required : yes
Speed of ATP Utilization: slow
Total ATP production: essentially unlimited 36 ATP

,Agonist Ans✓✓✓ The main muscle conducting the movements


Alpha motor Neuron Ans✓✓✓ Nerves that cause skeletal muscle fibers
(extrafusal fibers) to contact


Alveoli Ans✓✓✓ Form a extensive branching network of air passages.
Where the actual gas interchange between the blood stream and the air
stream takes place


Amphirathrodial Ans✓✓✓ 1.joined together by cartilage connective
tissue reinforced by fibrous tissue permitting little movement it asorbs
shock
2. Examples: the intervertebral discs the joints between the various
board of the pelvis
3. Under the influence of relaxin a hormone secreted during pregnancy,
these joints becomes more mobile and pliable


Anaerobic or Lactic Acid system Ans✓✓✓ Substrate: Glucose and
Glycogen
Oxygen required : No
Speed of ATP utilization: fast
Total ATP production 2 ATP


Antagonist Ans✓✓✓ The muscle system that inhibits the agonist
muscle system

, Anterior compartment syndrome Ans✓✓✓ (Anterior or lateral shin
splits ) it occurs on runners who are doing speed work or running on the
toes


Anterior Ans✓✓✓ To the front of the reference point


Anterior cruciate ligament pain Ans✓✓✓ An acute anterior cruciate
ligament tear is a common cause of a hemarthrosis of the knee. It
commonly occurs when a person is struck from the front with the knee
extended


Aorta Ans✓✓✓ The largest artery in the body which varies oxygenated
blood from the left ventricle to the body


Arterioles Ans✓✓✓ Smaller version ma of arteries


Artery Ans✓✓✓ Any of the large thick walled vessels that carry
oxygen rich blood directly from the heart to the tissue


Articulation Ans✓✓✓ The Union of two or more bones all movement
takes place at the articulation


ATP-CP SYSTEM Ans✓✓✓ Substrate: stored phosphagen
Oxygen required: No
Speed of ATP utilization: very fast

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