NASM Chapter 5 Part 1: Nervous System
Questions And Answers With The Latest And
Actual Test
What does the human movement system include? Correct Answers: The collective components and
structures that work together to move the body: muscular, skeletal, and nervous systems.
What is sensory (afferent) pathway? Correct Answers: relays information to the central nervous
system
What is motor (efferent) pathway? Correct Answers: relays information from the central nervous
system to the rest of the body
What is the CNS and what does it include? Correct Answers: central nervous system; brain and
spinal cord
What is the PNS and what does it include? Correct Answers: peripheral nervous system; the rest of
the body
What are the divisions of the PNS? Correct Answers: somatic and autonomic
What are mechanoreceptors? Correct Answers: specialized structure that responds to mechanical
forces (touch and pressure) and then transmits signals through sensory nerves
What does the somatic nervous system do? Correct Answers: controls voluntary movements
What does the autonomic nervous system do? Correct Answers: controls involuntary actions
What does the sympathetic nervous system do? Correct Answers: fight or flight
What does the parasympathetic nervous system do? Correct Answers: rest and digest
What does proprioception mean? Correct Answers: the body's ability to sense its general orientation
and relative position of its parts
What do the muscle spindle mechanoreceptors do? Correct Answers: sense the change in length of a
muscle and the rate of the change
What do golgi tendon organs (mechanoreceptor) do? Correct Answers: sense changes in muscular
tension and the rate of tension change
Where are golgi tendon organs located? Correct Answers: junction of muscle and tendon
What are the three stages of motor skill development? Correct Answers: cognitive, associative, and
autonomous
Questions And Answers With The Latest And
Actual Test
What does the human movement system include? Correct Answers: The collective components and
structures that work together to move the body: muscular, skeletal, and nervous systems.
What is sensory (afferent) pathway? Correct Answers: relays information to the central nervous
system
What is motor (efferent) pathway? Correct Answers: relays information from the central nervous
system to the rest of the body
What is the CNS and what does it include? Correct Answers: central nervous system; brain and
spinal cord
What is the PNS and what does it include? Correct Answers: peripheral nervous system; the rest of
the body
What are the divisions of the PNS? Correct Answers: somatic and autonomic
What are mechanoreceptors? Correct Answers: specialized structure that responds to mechanical
forces (touch and pressure) and then transmits signals through sensory nerves
What does the somatic nervous system do? Correct Answers: controls voluntary movements
What does the autonomic nervous system do? Correct Answers: controls involuntary actions
What does the sympathetic nervous system do? Correct Answers: fight or flight
What does the parasympathetic nervous system do? Correct Answers: rest and digest
What does proprioception mean? Correct Answers: the body's ability to sense its general orientation
and relative position of its parts
What do the muscle spindle mechanoreceptors do? Correct Answers: sense the change in length of a
muscle and the rate of the change
What do golgi tendon organs (mechanoreceptor) do? Correct Answers: sense changes in muscular
tension and the rate of tension change
Where are golgi tendon organs located? Correct Answers: junction of muscle and tendon
What are the three stages of motor skill development? Correct Answers: cognitive, associative, and
autonomous
