NASM CPT Final Exam Study Guide Questions andanswers (Latest Update 2025) (verified Solutions)

NASM CPT Final Exam Study Guide Questions andanswers (Latest Update 2025) (verified Solutions)The body's ability to to sense the relative position of adjacent parts of thebody Ex: when walking our feet give us proprioception about the type of surfacewe are on. - correct answersProprioception specialized structures that recognize pressure in tissue and transmit signalsto sensory nerves. - correct answersMechanoreceptors sensory receptors in the muscles that are parallel to the muscle fibers andare sensitive to change in muscle length. Spindles stretch with muscleandsends information to CNS. helps to prevent muscles from stretching too far or too fast - correct answersMuscle Spindles ONLYSTUDENTS STORE 2025 ALL THE BEST ONLYSTUDENTS STORE 2 DO NOT COPY sensory receptors that are located at the point where the skeletal musclefibers insert into the tendon. Sensitive to change in tension at therateof change causes the muscle to relax - correct answersGolgi Tendon Organs connective tissue UNDER fascia that acts as an outer layer of the wholemuscle - correct answersEpimysium connective tissue acts as an outer layer of fascicles - correct answers Perimysium between the individual muscle fibers - correct answersEndomysium"slow-twitch", smaller in size, lessforce produced, long-termcontractions(stabilization) - correct answersType 1 Muscle Fiber fast twitch, larger, quick to fatigue, force and power exercises - correct answersType 2 Muscle Fiber ONLYSTUDENTS STORE 2025 ALL THE BEST ONLYSTUDENTS STORE 3 DO NOT COPY PRIME MOVER, main muscles ex: chest press- pectoralis major - correct answersAgonist ASSIST PRIME MOVER, ex: chest press - ant deltoid, triceps - correct answersSynergist stabilizes while prime mover and assist work. chest press - rotator cuff - correct answersStabilizer Oppose Prime mover, chest press - posterior delt - correct answersAntagonist gather DEOXGENATED blood returning to the heart fromENTIRE BODY- correct answersRight Atrium gathers OXYGENATED blood coming from the LUNGS - correct answersLeft Atrium ONLYSTUDENTS STORE 2025 ALL THE BEST ONLYSTUDENTS STORE 4 DO NOT COPY thin walls pumps under low pressure. Pumps to lungs - correct answersRight Ventricle thick walls, pumps under high pressure to rest of body - correct answersLeft Ventricle all of the chemical reactions that happen in our body to maintainitself. Nutrients are acquired, transported and used by the body. - correct answersMetabolism bioenergetics as it relates to the unique physiologic changes anddemandson body during exercise - correct answersExercise Metabolismwhere enzymes act - correct answersSubstrates Sugars, starches, and fiber. Provide the body with a source of fuel andenergyrequired for all daily activities