NASM CPT Final Exam Study Guide Questions and answers (Latest Update 2023) (verified Solutions)

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. - correct answers Proprioception specialized structures that recognize pressure in tissue and transmit signals to sensory nerves. - correct answers Mechanoreceptors 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 - correct answers Muscle Spindles 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 NASM CPT Final Exam Study Guide Questions and answers (Latest Update 2023) (verified Solutions) causes the muscle to relax - correct answers Golgi Tendon Organs connective tissue UNDER fascia that acts as an outer layer of the whole muscle - correct answers Epimysium connective tissue acts as an outer layer of fascicles - correct answers Perimysium between the individual muscle fibers - correct answers Endomysium "slow-twitch", smaller in size, lessforce produced, long-term contractions (stabilization) - correct answers Type 1 Muscle Fiber fast twitch, larger, quick to fatigue, force and power exercises - correct answers Type 2 Muscle Fiber PRIME MOVER, main muscles NASM CPT Final Exam Study Guide Questions and answers (Latest Update 2023) (verified Solutions) ex: chest press-> pectoralis major - correct answers Agonist ASSIST PRIME MOVER, ex: chest press -> ant deltoid, triceps - correct answers Synergist stabilizes while prime mover and assist work. chest press -> rotator cuff - correct answers Stabilizer Oppose Prime mover, chest press -> posterior delt - correct answers Antagonist gather DEOXGENATED blood returning to the heart from ENTIRE BODY - correct answers Right Atrium gathers OXYGENATED blood coming from the LUNGS - correct answers Left Atrium