CSCCA STRENGTH CONDITIONING COACH
STUDY GUIDE 2026 TESTED QUESTIONS
GRADED A+
⩥ Tendon. Answer: connects muscle to bone; attaches to bone
periosteum
⩥ Bone Periosteum. Answer: specialized connective tissue covering all
bones
⩥ Muscle Fiber. Answer: grouped in bundles in the fasiculi
⩥ Fasiculi. Answer: bundle of muscle fibers encased in perimysium
⩥ Perimysium. Answer: connective tissue surrounding fasiculi
⩥ Endomysium. Answer: connective tissue surrounding each muscle
fiber
⩥ Sarcolemma. Answer: membrane of each muscle fiber
⩥ Motor Neuron. Answer: nerve cell
, ⩥ Neuromuscular Junction. Answer: junction between a motor neuron
and the muscle it innervates
⩥ Motor Unit. Answer: a motor neuron and the muscle it innervates
⩥ Myofibril. Answer: inside each muscle fiber; contain myofilaments
⩥ Myosin. Answer: thick filaments containing cross-bridge heads
⩥ Actin. Answer: thin filaments arranged in a double helix
⩥ Sarcomere. Answer: smallest contractile unit of skeletal muscle
⩥ A-Band. Answer: alignment of myosin filaments
⩥ I-Band. Answer: areas of two adjacent sarcomeres that contain only
actin filaments; changes size with muscle contraction
⩥ Z-Line. Answer: end of each sarcomere
⩥ H-Zone. Answer: center of sarcomere where only myosin filaments
are present; can disappear with full muscle contraction
STUDY GUIDE 2026 TESTED QUESTIONS
GRADED A+
⩥ Tendon. Answer: connects muscle to bone; attaches to bone
periosteum
⩥ Bone Periosteum. Answer: specialized connective tissue covering all
bones
⩥ Muscle Fiber. Answer: grouped in bundles in the fasiculi
⩥ Fasiculi. Answer: bundle of muscle fibers encased in perimysium
⩥ Perimysium. Answer: connective tissue surrounding fasiculi
⩥ Endomysium. Answer: connective tissue surrounding each muscle
fiber
⩥ Sarcolemma. Answer: membrane of each muscle fiber
⩥ Motor Neuron. Answer: nerve cell
, ⩥ Neuromuscular Junction. Answer: junction between a motor neuron
and the muscle it innervates
⩥ Motor Unit. Answer: a motor neuron and the muscle it innervates
⩥ Myofibril. Answer: inside each muscle fiber; contain myofilaments
⩥ Myosin. Answer: thick filaments containing cross-bridge heads
⩥ Actin. Answer: thin filaments arranged in a double helix
⩥ Sarcomere. Answer: smallest contractile unit of skeletal muscle
⩥ A-Band. Answer: alignment of myosin filaments
⩥ I-Band. Answer: areas of two adjacent sarcomeres that contain only
actin filaments; changes size with muscle contraction
⩥ Z-Line. Answer: end of each sarcomere
⩥ H-Zone. Answer: center of sarcomere where only myosin filaments
are present; can disappear with full muscle contraction
