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NASM CPT Final Exam Study Guide
Questions and Correct Answers LATEST
UPDATE 2024-2025 ALREADY GRADED A
Proprioception
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.
Mechanoreceptors
specialized structures that recognize pressure in tissue and transmit signals to
sensory nerves.
Muscle Spindles
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
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Golgi Tendon Organs
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 causes
the muscle to relax
Epimysium
connective tissue UNDER fascia that acts as an outer layer of the whole muscle
Perimysium
connective tissue acts as an outer layer of fascicles
Endomysium
between the individual muscle fibers
Type 1 Muscle Fiber
"slow-twitch", smaller in size, lessforce produced, long-term contractions
(stabilization)
Type 2 Muscle Fiber
fast twitch, larger, quick to fatigue, force and power exercises
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Agonist
PRIME MOVER, main muscles ex:
chest press-> pectoralis major
Synergist
ASSIST PRIME MOVER,
ex: chest press -> ant deltoid, triceps
Stabilizer stabilizes while prime mover and
assist work.
chest press -> rotator cuff
Antagonist
Oppose Prime mover, chest
press -> posterior delt
Right Atrium
gather DEOXGENATED blood returning to the heart from ENTIRE BODY Left Atrium
gathers OXYGENATED blood coming from the LUNGS
Right Ventricle
thin walls pumps under low pressure. Pumps to lungs
NASM CPT Final Exam Study Guide
Questions and Correct Answers LATEST
UPDATE 2024-2025 ALREADY GRADED A
Proprioception
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.
Mechanoreceptors
specialized structures that recognize pressure in tissue and transmit signals to
sensory nerves.
Muscle Spindles
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
,2
Golgi Tendon Organs
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 causes
the muscle to relax
Epimysium
connective tissue UNDER fascia that acts as an outer layer of the whole muscle
Perimysium
connective tissue acts as an outer layer of fascicles
Endomysium
between the individual muscle fibers
Type 1 Muscle Fiber
"slow-twitch", smaller in size, lessforce produced, long-term contractions
(stabilization)
Type 2 Muscle Fiber
fast twitch, larger, quick to fatigue, force and power exercises
, 3
Agonist
PRIME MOVER, main muscles ex:
chest press-> pectoralis major
Synergist
ASSIST PRIME MOVER,
ex: chest press -> ant deltoid, triceps
Stabilizer stabilizes while prime mover and
assist work.
chest press -> rotator cuff
Antagonist
Oppose Prime mover, chest
press -> posterior delt
Right Atrium
gather DEOXGENATED blood returning to the heart from ENTIRE BODY Left Atrium
gathers OXYGENATED blood coming from the LUNGS
Right Ventricle
thin walls pumps under low pressure. Pumps to lungs
