NASM Section 3 ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What are the three integrated systems in the human movement system? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Nervous, skeletal, and muscular systems
Muscle Spindle - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅A sensory receptor sensitive to changes in
muscular length and the rate of that change
Golgi tendon organ - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅A sensory receptor sensitive to changes in
muscular tension and the rate of that change
Neuroplasticity - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The concept that the brain will continually
change or grow, re-forming neural pathways
Neurocircuitry - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The concept that the brain will continually
change or grow, re-forming neural
Cervical Spine - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Forms a flexible framework and provides
support and motion for the head
Thoracic spine - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Composed of 12 vertebrae located in the upper
and middle back
Lumbar spine - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Composed of the largest segments in the spinal
column
Sacrum - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Composed of five vertebrae that fuse together as the
body develops
Coccyx - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Composed of three to five small, fused bones
, What does the term osteokinematics refer to? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Bone movement
What are the most common joints in the human body? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Synovial joints
Gliding joint - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Has the simplest movement of all joints
Hinge joint - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Allows movement predominantly in one direction
(uniaxial)
Saddle joint - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Found only in the metacarpal joint in the thumb
Ball-and-socket joint - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Allows movement in all three directions
Fascia - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Connective tissue that surrounds muscles and bones
Epimysium - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Inner layer of fascia that directly surrounds an
entire muscle
Perimysium - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Connective tissue that surrounds a muscle fascicle
Endomysium - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Connective tissue that wraps around individual
muscle fibers within a fascicle
Fascicle - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The largest bundles of fibers within a muscle
What are myofibrils? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Contractile components of a muscle cell
Which of the following refers to the series of steps in muscle contraction? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅The sliding filament theory
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What are the three integrated systems in the human movement system? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Nervous, skeletal, and muscular systems
Muscle Spindle - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅A sensory receptor sensitive to changes in
muscular length and the rate of that change
Golgi tendon organ - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅A sensory receptor sensitive to changes in
muscular tension and the rate of that change
Neuroplasticity - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The concept that the brain will continually
change or grow, re-forming neural pathways
Neurocircuitry - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The concept that the brain will continually
change or grow, re-forming neural
Cervical Spine - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Forms a flexible framework and provides
support and motion for the head
Thoracic spine - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Composed of 12 vertebrae located in the upper
and middle back
Lumbar spine - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Composed of the largest segments in the spinal
column
Sacrum - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Composed of five vertebrae that fuse together as the
body develops
Coccyx - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Composed of three to five small, fused bones
, What does the term osteokinematics refer to? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Bone movement
What are the most common joints in the human body? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Synovial joints
Gliding joint - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Has the simplest movement of all joints
Hinge joint - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Allows movement predominantly in one direction
(uniaxial)
Saddle joint - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Found only in the metacarpal joint in the thumb
Ball-and-socket joint - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Allows movement in all three directions
Fascia - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Connective tissue that surrounds muscles and bones
Epimysium - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Inner layer of fascia that directly surrounds an
entire muscle
Perimysium - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Connective tissue that surrounds a muscle fascicle
Endomysium - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Connective tissue that wraps around individual
muscle fibers within a fascicle
Fascicle - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The largest bundles of fibers within a muscle
What are myofibrils? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Contractile components of a muscle cell
Which of the following refers to the series of steps in muscle contraction? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅The sliding filament theory
