NASM CPT FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE[LATEST
VERSION]WELL DETAILED
1. 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.
2. Mechanoreceptors: specialized structures that recognize pressure in tissue and
transmit signals to sensory nerves.
3. 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
,4. 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
5. Epimysium: connective tissue UNDER fascia that acts as an outer layer of the
whole muscle
6.Perimysium: connective tissue acts as an outer layer of fascicles
7.Endomysium: between the individual muscle fibers
8. Type 1 Muscle Fiber: "slow-twitch", smaller in size, lessforce produced,
long-term contractions (stabilization)
9. Type 2 Muscle Fiber: fast twitch, larger, quick to fatigue, force and power exer-
cises
10. Agonist: PRIME MOVER, main
muscles ex: chest press-> pectoralis major
11.Synergist: ASSIST PRIME MOVER,
ex: chest press -> ant deltoid, triceps
, 12. Stabilizer: stabilizes while prime mover and assist
work. chest press -> rotator cuff
13. Antagonist: Oppose Prime
mover, chest press -> posterior delt
14. Right Atrium: gather DEOXGENATED blood returning to the heart from EN-
TIRE BODY
15.Left Atrium: gathers OXYGENATED blood coming from the LUNGS
16.Right Ventricle: thin walls pumps under low pressure. Pumps to lungs
17.Left Ventricle: thick walls, pumps under high pressure to rest of body
18. Metabolism: all of the chemical reactions that happen in our body to
maintain itself. Nutrients are acquired, transported and used by the body.
19. Exercise Metabolism: bioenergetics as it relates to the unique
physiologic changes and demands on body during exercise
20.Substrates: where enzymes act
21. Carbohydrates: Sugars, starches, and fiber. Provide the body with a source
of fuel and energy required for all daily activities
22. Glucose: a simple sugar that comes from the digestion of carbs that is
trans- ported through the blood and is used or stored as energy
VERSION]WELL DETAILED
1. 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.
2. Mechanoreceptors: specialized structures that recognize pressure in tissue and
transmit signals to sensory nerves.
3. 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
,4. 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
5. Epimysium: connective tissue UNDER fascia that acts as an outer layer of the
whole muscle
6.Perimysium: connective tissue acts as an outer layer of fascicles
7.Endomysium: between the individual muscle fibers
8. Type 1 Muscle Fiber: "slow-twitch", smaller in size, lessforce produced,
long-term contractions (stabilization)
9. Type 2 Muscle Fiber: fast twitch, larger, quick to fatigue, force and power exer-
cises
10. Agonist: PRIME MOVER, main
muscles ex: chest press-> pectoralis major
11.Synergist: ASSIST PRIME MOVER,
ex: chest press -> ant deltoid, triceps
, 12. Stabilizer: stabilizes while prime mover and assist
work. chest press -> rotator cuff
13. Antagonist: Oppose Prime
mover, chest press -> posterior delt
14. Right Atrium: gather DEOXGENATED blood returning to the heart from EN-
TIRE BODY
15.Left Atrium: gathers OXYGENATED blood coming from the LUNGS
16.Right Ventricle: thin walls pumps under low pressure. Pumps to lungs
17.Left Ventricle: thick walls, pumps under high pressure to rest of body
18. Metabolism: all of the chemical reactions that happen in our body to
maintain itself. Nutrients are acquired, transported and used by the body.
19. Exercise Metabolism: bioenergetics as it relates to the unique
physiologic changes and demands on body during exercise
20.Substrates: where enzymes act
21. Carbohydrates: Sugars, starches, and fiber. Provide the body with a source
of fuel and energy required for all daily activities
22. Glucose: a simple sugar that comes from the digestion of carbs that is
trans- ported through the blood and is used or stored as energy
