AFAA Personal Trainer Certification
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Myocardial Infarction -
correct answer ✅Hear attack occurs due to lack of blood flow
through the coronary arteries to the heart muscle
Ischemia -
correct answer ✅lack of blood flow
Stroke Volume -
correct answer ✅the amount of blood pumped with each beat or
systole
Cardiac Output -
correct answer ✅heart rate x stroke volume. usually measured in
liters (or milileters) of blood pumped per minute
Venous Return -
correct answer ✅The amount of blood returned to the heart by
the veins
Valsalva Maneuver -
correct answer ✅occurs when a person holds his or her breath
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during a strenuous activity, such as lifting weights or shoveling
snow
Minute Ventilation -
correct answer ✅total amount of air breathed per minute
Residual lung volume -
correct answer ✅amount of air remaining in the lungs after a
complete and total forced exhale
Forced vital capacity -
correct answer ✅amount of air that can be forcefully exhaled after
a maximal inahle
Total lung capacity -
correct answer ✅sum of the residual volume and the forced vital
capacity
Glucose -
correct answer ✅body's usable form of carbohydrate
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Lactic Acid -
correct answer ✅produced in muscles during rapid exercise when
the body cannot supply enough oxygen to the tissues
Glycolysis -
correct answer ✅a metabolic process that breaks down
carbohydrates and sugars through a series of reactions to either
pyruvic acid or lactic acid and release energy for the body in the
form of ATP
Mitochondria -
correct answer ✅a subcellular structure where oxidation takes
place
Beta oxidation -
correct answer ✅A metabolic sequence that breaks fatty acids
down to two-carbon fragments that enter the citric acid cycle as
acetyl CoA.
Krebs cycle -
correct answer ✅the acetyl CoA formed in the first component of
aerobic metabolism enters into the citric acid cycle
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Electron transport system -
correct answer ✅the final sequence of reactions in the aerobic
production of ATP
Maximal oxygen uptake -
correct answer ✅the maximum amount of oxygen consumed and
utilized by the body during an all-out effort to exhaustion
Excess Post-Exercise Oxygen Consumption -
correct answer ✅additional oxygen consumed immediately after
an exercise bout when the body is no longer exercising
Sarcomere -
correct answer ✅each section of a myofibril in muscle
Actin -
correct answer ✅structural protein that makes up the thin
filaments of myofibrils; functions in muscle contraction
Study Guide Exam Actual Questions With
100% Verified Answers
Myocardial Infarction -
correct answer ✅Hear attack occurs due to lack of blood flow
through the coronary arteries to the heart muscle
Ischemia -
correct answer ✅lack of blood flow
Stroke Volume -
correct answer ✅the amount of blood pumped with each beat or
systole
Cardiac Output -
correct answer ✅heart rate x stroke volume. usually measured in
liters (or milileters) of blood pumped per minute
Venous Return -
correct answer ✅The amount of blood returned to the heart by
the veins
Valsalva Maneuver -
correct answer ✅occurs when a person holds his or her breath
,AFAA Personal Trainer Certification
Study Guide Exam Actual Questions With
100% Verified Answers
during a strenuous activity, such as lifting weights or shoveling
snow
Minute Ventilation -
correct answer ✅total amount of air breathed per minute
Residual lung volume -
correct answer ✅amount of air remaining in the lungs after a
complete and total forced exhale
Forced vital capacity -
correct answer ✅amount of air that can be forcefully exhaled after
a maximal inahle
Total lung capacity -
correct answer ✅sum of the residual volume and the forced vital
capacity
Glucose -
correct answer ✅body's usable form of carbohydrate
,AFAA Personal Trainer Certification
Study Guide Exam Actual Questions With
100% Verified Answers
Lactic Acid -
correct answer ✅produced in muscles during rapid exercise when
the body cannot supply enough oxygen to the tissues
Glycolysis -
correct answer ✅a metabolic process that breaks down
carbohydrates and sugars through a series of reactions to either
pyruvic acid or lactic acid and release energy for the body in the
form of ATP
Mitochondria -
correct answer ✅a subcellular structure where oxidation takes
place
Beta oxidation -
correct answer ✅A metabolic sequence that breaks fatty acids
down to two-carbon fragments that enter the citric acid cycle as
acetyl CoA.
Krebs cycle -
correct answer ✅the acetyl CoA formed in the first component of
aerobic metabolism enters into the citric acid cycle
, AFAA Personal Trainer Certification
Study Guide Exam Actual Questions With
100% Verified Answers
Electron transport system -
correct answer ✅the final sequence of reactions in the aerobic
production of ATP
Maximal oxygen uptake -
correct answer ✅the maximum amount of oxygen consumed and
utilized by the body during an all-out effort to exhaustion
Excess Post-Exercise Oxygen Consumption -
correct answer ✅additional oxygen consumed immediately after
an exercise bout when the body is no longer exercising
Sarcomere -
correct answer ✅each section of a myofibril in muscle
Actin -
correct answer ✅structural protein that makes up the thin
filaments of myofibrils; functions in muscle contraction
