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nervous system - - ANS✔️--communication network within the body.
nervous system functions - - ANS✔️--1. sensory: changes in the environment
2. integrative: analyze and interpret
3. motor: the neuromuscular response
Central nervous system (CNS) - - ANS✔️--brain and spinal cord; coordinates activity of the body
Peripheral nervous system (PNS) - - ANS✔️--nerves connecting the CNS to the rest of the body
and environment.
subdivisions:
- somatic
- autonomic
- parasympathetic
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- sympathetic
Somatic - - ANS✔️--- apart of the PNS
- serves outer areas of the body and skeletal muscle; voluntary
Autonomic - - ANS✔️--- apart of the PNS
- involuntary systems (e.g., heart, digestion).
subdivisions:
- parasympathetic
- sympathetic
Parasympathetic - - ANS✔️--- apart of the autonomic system of the PNS
- decreases activation during rest and recovery.
Sympathetic - - ANS✔️--- apart of the autonomic system of the PNS
- increases activation to prep for activity.
neuron - - ANS✔️--functional unit of the nervous system.
- motor (efferent)
- sensory (afferent)
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motor neurons - - ANS✔️--- efferent
- transmit nerve impulses from CNS to effector sites.
sensory neurons - - ANS✔️--- afferent
- respond to stimuli; transmit nerve impulses from effector sites to CNS.
mechanoreceptors - - ANS✔️--sense distortion in body tissues.
Joint receptors - - ANS✔️--respond to pressure, acceleration, and deceleration of joints.
Golgi tendon organs (GTO) - - ANS✔️--sense changes in muscular tension.
Muscle spindles - - ANS✔️--sense changes in muscle length.
Tendons - - ANS✔️--connect muscle to bone; provide anchor for muscles to produce force.
Fascia - - ANS✔️--outer layer of connective tissue surrounding a muscle.
Fascicles - - ANS✔️--bundle of individual muscle fibers.
Muscle fiber - - ANS✔️--cellular components and myofibrils encased in a plasma membrane.
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Sarcomere - - ANS✔️--produces muscular contraction; repeating sections of actin and myosin.
Sliding filament theory - - ANS✔️--thick and thin filaments slide past one another, shortening the
entire sarcomere.
Type I muscle tissue - - ANS✔️--- slow twitch
- smaller size; fatigue slowly.
Type II muscle tissue - - ANS✔️--- fast twitch
- larger size; quick to produce maximal tension; fatigue quickly.
Motor unit - - ANS✔️--one motor neuron and the muscle fibers it connects with.
Neural activation - - ANS✔️--contraction of a muscle generated by neural stimulation.
Neurotransmitters - - ANS✔️--chemical messengers that transport impulses from nerve to muscle.
Local stabilization system - - ANS✔️--attach directly to vertebrae. Consists of: transverse
abdominis, internal oblique, multifidus, pelvic floor, diaphragm.
NASM CPT EXAM CHEAT SHEET testbank
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and Answers} (Verified by Experts)
nervous system - - ANS✔️--communication network within the body.
nervous system functions - - ANS✔️--1. sensory: changes in the environment
2. integrative: analyze and interpret
3. motor: the neuromuscular response
Central nervous system (CNS) - - ANS✔️--brain and spinal cord; coordinates activity of the body
Peripheral nervous system (PNS) - - ANS✔️--nerves connecting the CNS to the rest of the body
and environment.
subdivisions:
- somatic
- autonomic
- parasympathetic
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- sympathetic
Somatic - - ANS✔️--- apart of the PNS
- serves outer areas of the body and skeletal muscle; voluntary
Autonomic - - ANS✔️--- apart of the PNS
- involuntary systems (e.g., heart, digestion).
subdivisions:
- parasympathetic
- sympathetic
Parasympathetic - - ANS✔️--- apart of the autonomic system of the PNS
- decreases activation during rest and recovery.
Sympathetic - - ANS✔️--- apart of the autonomic system of the PNS
- increases activation to prep for activity.
neuron - - ANS✔️--functional unit of the nervous system.
- motor (efferent)
- sensory (afferent)
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motor neurons - - ANS✔️--- efferent
- transmit nerve impulses from CNS to effector sites.
sensory neurons - - ANS✔️--- afferent
- respond to stimuli; transmit nerve impulses from effector sites to CNS.
mechanoreceptors - - ANS✔️--sense distortion in body tissues.
Joint receptors - - ANS✔️--respond to pressure, acceleration, and deceleration of joints.
Golgi tendon organs (GTO) - - ANS✔️--sense changes in muscular tension.
Muscle spindles - - ANS✔️--sense changes in muscle length.
Tendons - - ANS✔️--connect muscle to bone; provide anchor for muscles to produce force.
Fascia - - ANS✔️--outer layer of connective tissue surrounding a muscle.
Fascicles - - ANS✔️--bundle of individual muscle fibers.
Muscle fiber - - ANS✔️--cellular components and myofibrils encased in a plasma membrane.
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Sarcomere - - ANS✔️--produces muscular contraction; repeating sections of actin and myosin.
Sliding filament theory - - ANS✔️--thick and thin filaments slide past one another, shortening the
entire sarcomere.
Type I muscle tissue - - ANS✔️--- slow twitch
- smaller size; fatigue slowly.
Type II muscle tissue - - ANS✔️--- fast twitch
- larger size; quick to produce maximal tension; fatigue quickly.
Motor unit - - ANS✔️--one motor neuron and the muscle fibers it connects with.
Neural activation - - ANS✔️--contraction of a muscle generated by neural stimulation.
Neurotransmitters - - ANS✔️--chemical messengers that transport impulses from nerve to muscle.
Local stabilization system - - ANS✔️--attach directly to vertebrae. Consists of: transverse
abdominis, internal oblique, multifidus, pelvic floor, diaphragm.
