FITOUR Primary Personal Training Exam
Questions and Answers
Personal Trainer - Answer -A qualified fitness professional who is hired by a client to
assist in reaching a particular health/fitness goal.
Personal training - Answer -A fitness training program that joins a personal trainer with a
client to establish a mutual, respectful, and beneficial partnership in order to reach a
particular health/fitness goal.
Anatomy - Answer -Structure of the human body.
Skeletal - Answer -What type of muscle provides the force necessary to move the
body?
Myology - Answer -The study of muscles
Osteology - Answer -The study of bones
Bone - Answer -The anatomical structure that provides support, movement, and
protection for the body.
Joint - Answer -The point at which two or more bones come together or make contact is
called a _________.
Arthrology - Answer -What is the study of joints called?
Articulation - Answer -What is movement at a joint?
Diathrodial - Answer -The ______ type of joint is a joint that has an articular cavity or
separation present to allow movement.
Irregular - Answer -The _______ subclass of diarthrodial joint includes carpals and
tarsals.
Hinge - Answer -This subclass of diarthrodial joints includes where there humerus
meets the ulna.
Pivot - Answer -This subclass of diarthrodial joint includes the humerus and radius.
Condyloid - Answer -This subclass of diarthrodial joint includes the radiocarpal.
, Saddle - Answer -This subclass of the diarthrodial joint includes the first
carpometacarpal (thumb).
Ball and socket - Answer -This subclass of the diarthrodial joint includes the shoulder
and hip.
Synovial - Answer -The _______ joint is a joint that does not have an articular cavity or
separation present to allow movement.
Cartilaginous - Answer -This subclass of synovial joint includes disks between the
vertebrae of the spine.
Fibrous - Answer -This subclass of the synovial joint includes the sutures of the skull or
the connecting points of the six bones of the pelvic girdle.
Ligamentous - Answer -This subclass of the synovial joint includes mid-union of the
forearm between the ulna and radius.
Physiology - Answer -The study of human body function is called ________.
40 - Answer -About what percentage of body weight comes from skeletal muscle?
Epimysium - Answer -What is the outer layer of the skeletal muscle that surrounds the
entire muscle and separates the muscle from the surrounding tissues and organs?
Perimysium - Answer -What is the center layer of the muscle that contains blood
vessels and nerves which maintain blood flow and innervate the fascicle?
Endomysium - Answer -What is the inner layer of the muscle that is located within the
fascicle and surrounds the individual muscle fibers and connects adjacent muscle
fibers?
Tendon - Answer -What attaches skeletal muscles to bones and is formed by the
epimysium, perimysium, and endomysium fibers bundling together at the end of each
muscle?
Muscle fiber - Answer -What do bundled together myofibrils form?
Fascicle - Answer -What are many fibers bundled together called?
Whole muscle - Answer -Many fascicles bundled together form the _______ _______.
Motor unit - Answer -The functional unit of muscular contraction that includes a motor
nerve and the muscle fiber that its branches innervate is called a ____ _____.
Questions and Answers
Personal Trainer - Answer -A qualified fitness professional who is hired by a client to
assist in reaching a particular health/fitness goal.
Personal training - Answer -A fitness training program that joins a personal trainer with a
client to establish a mutual, respectful, and beneficial partnership in order to reach a
particular health/fitness goal.
Anatomy - Answer -Structure of the human body.
Skeletal - Answer -What type of muscle provides the force necessary to move the
body?
Myology - Answer -The study of muscles
Osteology - Answer -The study of bones
Bone - Answer -The anatomical structure that provides support, movement, and
protection for the body.
Joint - Answer -The point at which two or more bones come together or make contact is
called a _________.
Arthrology - Answer -What is the study of joints called?
Articulation - Answer -What is movement at a joint?
Diathrodial - Answer -The ______ type of joint is a joint that has an articular cavity or
separation present to allow movement.
Irregular - Answer -The _______ subclass of diarthrodial joint includes carpals and
tarsals.
Hinge - Answer -This subclass of diarthrodial joints includes where there humerus
meets the ulna.
Pivot - Answer -This subclass of diarthrodial joint includes the humerus and radius.
Condyloid - Answer -This subclass of diarthrodial joint includes the radiocarpal.
, Saddle - Answer -This subclass of the diarthrodial joint includes the first
carpometacarpal (thumb).
Ball and socket - Answer -This subclass of the diarthrodial joint includes the shoulder
and hip.
Synovial - Answer -The _______ joint is a joint that does not have an articular cavity or
separation present to allow movement.
Cartilaginous - Answer -This subclass of synovial joint includes disks between the
vertebrae of the spine.
Fibrous - Answer -This subclass of the synovial joint includes the sutures of the skull or
the connecting points of the six bones of the pelvic girdle.
Ligamentous - Answer -This subclass of the synovial joint includes mid-union of the
forearm between the ulna and radius.
Physiology - Answer -The study of human body function is called ________.
40 - Answer -About what percentage of body weight comes from skeletal muscle?
Epimysium - Answer -What is the outer layer of the skeletal muscle that surrounds the
entire muscle and separates the muscle from the surrounding tissues and organs?
Perimysium - Answer -What is the center layer of the muscle that contains blood
vessels and nerves which maintain blood flow and innervate the fascicle?
Endomysium - Answer -What is the inner layer of the muscle that is located within the
fascicle and surrounds the individual muscle fibers and connects adjacent muscle
fibers?
Tendon - Answer -What attaches skeletal muscles to bones and is formed by the
epimysium, perimysium, and endomysium fibers bundling together at the end of each
muscle?
Muscle fiber - Answer -What do bundled together myofibrils form?
Fascicle - Answer -What are many fibers bundled together called?
Whole muscle - Answer -Many fascicles bundled together form the _______ _______.
Motor unit - Answer -The functional unit of muscular contraction that includes a motor
nerve and the muscle fiber that its branches innervate is called a ____ _____.
