NASM CPT EXAM STUDY GUIDE PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
⩥ Mechanoreceptors.
Answer: specialized structures that recognize pressure in tissue and
transmit signals to sensory nerves.
⩥ Muscle Spindles.
Answer: 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
⩥ Golgi Tendon Organs.
Answer: 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
⩥ Epimysium.
,Answer: connective tissue UNDER fascia that acts as an outer layer of
the whole muscle
⩥ Perimysium.
Answer: connective tissue acts as an outer layer of fascicles
⩥ Endomysium.
Answer: between the individual muscle fibers
⩥ Type 1 Muscle Fiber.
Answer: "slow-twitch", smaller in size, lessforce produced, long-term
contractions (stabilization)
⩥ Type 2 Muscle Fiber.
Answer: fast twitch, larger, quick to fatigue, force and power exercises
⩥ Agonist.
Answer: PRIME MOVER, main muscles
ex: chest press-> pectoralis major
⩥ Synergist.
Answer: ASSIST PRIME MOVER,
, ex: chest press -> ant deltoid, triceps
⩥ Stabilizer.
Answer: stabilizes while prime mover and assist work.
chest press -> rotator cuff
⩥ Antagonist.
Answer: Oppose Prime mover,
chest press -> posterior delt
⩥ Right Atrium.
Answer: gather DEOXGENATED blood returning to the heart from
ENTIRE BODY
⩥ Left Atrium.
Answer: gathers OXYGENATED blood coming from the LUNGS
⩥ Right Ventricle.
Answer: thin walls pumps under low pressure. Pumps to lungs
⩥ Left Ventricle.
Answer: thick walls, pumps under high pressure to rest of body
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
⩥ Mechanoreceptors.
Answer: specialized structures that recognize pressure in tissue and
transmit signals to sensory nerves.
⩥ Muscle Spindles.
Answer: 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
⩥ Golgi Tendon Organs.
Answer: 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
⩥ Epimysium.
,Answer: connective tissue UNDER fascia that acts as an outer layer of
the whole muscle
⩥ Perimysium.
Answer: connective tissue acts as an outer layer of fascicles
⩥ Endomysium.
Answer: between the individual muscle fibers
⩥ Type 1 Muscle Fiber.
Answer: "slow-twitch", smaller in size, lessforce produced, long-term
contractions (stabilization)
⩥ Type 2 Muscle Fiber.
Answer: fast twitch, larger, quick to fatigue, force and power exercises
⩥ Agonist.
Answer: PRIME MOVER, main muscles
ex: chest press-> pectoralis major
⩥ Synergist.
Answer: ASSIST PRIME MOVER,
, ex: chest press -> ant deltoid, triceps
⩥ Stabilizer.
Answer: stabilizes while prime mover and assist work.
chest press -> rotator cuff
⩥ Antagonist.
Answer: Oppose Prime mover,
chest press -> posterior delt
⩥ Right Atrium.
Answer: gather DEOXGENATED blood returning to the heart from
ENTIRE BODY
⩥ Left Atrium.
Answer: gathers OXYGENATED blood coming from the LUNGS
⩥ Right Ventricle.
Answer: thin walls pumps under low pressure. Pumps to lungs
⩥ Left Ventricle.
Answer: thick walls, pumps under high pressure to rest of body
