2024 NASM Group Fitness Exam New Full Questions and Answers ( Included ) 100% Correct
- Kinetic Chain
Answer: interrelation of nervous, muscular, and skeletal systems to create movement
2. CNS
Answer: central nervous system; brain and spinal cord coordinates activity of body part
3. PNS
Answer: the sensory and motor neurons that connect the CNS to the rest of the body
- Mechanoreceptors
Answer: sense distortion in the body
- golgi tendon organs (GTO)
Answer: sense changes in muscular tension
- muscle spindles
Answer: sense change in length
- Proprioception
Answer: The cumulative sensory input to the central nervous system from all
mechanoreceptors that sense body position and limb movement.
- Stabilization Muscles of the Core
Answer:
-transverse abdominis -multifidus -internal obliques -diaphragm -pelvic floor muscles -rotator cuff -external obliques -quadratus lumborum -psoas major -rectus abdominis -gluteus medius -adductor complex
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- Movement muscles of the core
Answer: latissimus dori hip flexors
hamstring complex quadriceps pectoralis major deltoids gluteus maximus triceps biceps erector spinae
- Tendons
Answer: connect muscle to bone, anchor to produce force, limited blood flow, slow to repair
- Sarcomeres
Answer: individual contractile units, actin and myosin filaments
- Type 1 (slow twitch) muscle tissue
Answer: more aerobic, slower to reach maximum contraction; resistant to fatigue.
- Type 2 (fast twitch) muscle tissue
Answer: more anaerobic; produce more speed and strength; faster to fatigue
- Behavioral properties of muscle
Answer: extensibility, elasticity, irritability, ability to develop tension
- Quads
Answer: isolated funtion (concentric action)
= knee extensions ex squats
- Hamstrings
Answer: biceps femoris, semitendinosus, semimembranosus
knee flexion hamstring curls
- Gastrocnemius
Answer: plantar flexion
calf raises
- gluteus maximus
Answer: hip extensions and external rotation
lunge (upward phase)
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- rectus abdominis
Answer: spinal flexion, lateral flexion, and rotation
ball crunch
- pectoralis major
Answer: shoulder flexion and horizontal adduction
push up
- Litissimus Dorsi
Answer: shoulder extension, adduction, and internal rotation
band row
- Biceps
Answer: elbow flexion
bicep curl
- Triceps
Answer: elbow extension
tricep extensions
- Ligaments
Answer: connects bone to bone limited blood flow
slow to repair
- axial skeleton
Answer: skull, rib cage, and vertebral column
- appendicular skeleton
Answer: Bones of the limbs and limb girdles that are attached to the axial skeleton
- skeletal system functions
Answer: movement, support, protection, blood production, mineral storage
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