NSCA CSCS EXAM CHAPTERS 1 & 2
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Function of skeletal system - ANS ✔✔Leverage, support, protection
Pulled on by muscles to allow the body to push or pull against external objects
axial vs appendicular skeleton - ANS ✔✔skull, vertebral column (c1- coccyx), ribcage, sternum
vs.
shoulder girdle, pelvic girdle, bones of the arms, wrists, hands, bones of ankles, legs, and feet
Joint - ANS ✔✔Junctions of bones
fibrous joints - ANS ✔✔Allow virtually no movement
Ex: Sutures of the skull
Cartilaginous joints - ANS ✔✔Allow limited movement
Ex: Intervertebral
Synovial joints - ANS ✔✔Allow considerable movement (most sport and exercise movements
occur mainly about the synovial joint
Ex: Elbow, knee, glenohumeral
anatomy of synovial joint - ANS ✔✔Bone ends covered with smooth hyaline cartilage; joint is
enclosed in a capsule filled with synovial fluid; usually with additional ligament and cartilage
, Uniaxial Joint - ANS ✔✔Operate as a hinge, rotate about one
axis; elbow
biaxial joint - ANS ✔✔operate in two perpendicular axes (ankle and wrist)
Multiaxial - ANS ✔✔Allow movement in all three axes (shoulder/hip)
vertebral column - ANS ✔✔Vertebral bones separated by flexible disks that allow for movement
- cervical vertebrae (neck region): 7
- thoracic vertebrae (upper back): 12
- lumbar vertebrae (lower back): 5
- sacral vertebrae (make up rear of pelvis): 5
- Coccygeal vertebrae (form vestigial tail extending down from the pelvis): 3-5
Macrostructure and microstructure - ANS ✔✔- Each skeletal muscle is an organ that contains
muscle tissue, connective tissue, nerves, and blood vessels.
- Fibrous connective tissue, or epimysium, covers the body's skeletal muscles
Epymisium - ANS ✔✔Outer layer over muscles, is contiguous with the tendons at the ends of
muscle
Tendon - ANS ✔✔attached to bone periosteum
Bone periosteum - ANS ✔✔a specialized connective tissue covering all bones
Proximal attachment of limb muscles are: - ANS ✔✔Closer to the trunk
well answered to pass
Function of skeletal system - ANS ✔✔Leverage, support, protection
Pulled on by muscles to allow the body to push or pull against external objects
axial vs appendicular skeleton - ANS ✔✔skull, vertebral column (c1- coccyx), ribcage, sternum
vs.
shoulder girdle, pelvic girdle, bones of the arms, wrists, hands, bones of ankles, legs, and feet
Joint - ANS ✔✔Junctions of bones
fibrous joints - ANS ✔✔Allow virtually no movement
Ex: Sutures of the skull
Cartilaginous joints - ANS ✔✔Allow limited movement
Ex: Intervertebral
Synovial joints - ANS ✔✔Allow considerable movement (most sport and exercise movements
occur mainly about the synovial joint
Ex: Elbow, knee, glenohumeral
anatomy of synovial joint - ANS ✔✔Bone ends covered with smooth hyaline cartilage; joint is
enclosed in a capsule filled with synovial fluid; usually with additional ligament and cartilage
, Uniaxial Joint - ANS ✔✔Operate as a hinge, rotate about one
axis; elbow
biaxial joint - ANS ✔✔operate in two perpendicular axes (ankle and wrist)
Multiaxial - ANS ✔✔Allow movement in all three axes (shoulder/hip)
vertebral column - ANS ✔✔Vertebral bones separated by flexible disks that allow for movement
- cervical vertebrae (neck region): 7
- thoracic vertebrae (upper back): 12
- lumbar vertebrae (lower back): 5
- sacral vertebrae (make up rear of pelvis): 5
- Coccygeal vertebrae (form vestigial tail extending down from the pelvis): 3-5
Macrostructure and microstructure - ANS ✔✔- Each skeletal muscle is an organ that contains
muscle tissue, connective tissue, nerves, and blood vessels.
- Fibrous connective tissue, or epimysium, covers the body's skeletal muscles
Epymisium - ANS ✔✔Outer layer over muscles, is contiguous with the tendons at the ends of
muscle
Tendon - ANS ✔✔attached to bone periosteum
Bone periosteum - ANS ✔✔a specialized connective tissue covering all bones
Proximal attachment of limb muscles are: - ANS ✔✔Closer to the trunk
