NASM CH2-5 flashcards

Question 1

Name two common tests for assessing cardiorespiratory efficiency.

Answer 1

YMCA 3-Minute Step Test and Rockport Walk Test

Question 2

What muscle action develops tension while lengthening and prevents resistance from accelerating in an uncontrolled manner?

Answer 2

Eccentric

Question 3

Name the imaginary bisector that divides the body into right and left halves.

Answer 3

Sagittal plane

Question 4

This movement primarily occurs from side to side, as if there were a wall in front of and behind the body.”

Answer 4

Frontal plane movements

Question 5

Name the energy storage and transfer unit within the cells of the body.

Answer 5

Adenosine Triphosphate or ATP

Question 6

What muscle action develops when a muscle exerts more force than is placed on it, resulting in the shortening of the muscle?

Answer 6

Concentric

Question 7

This chamber of the heart gathers oxygenated blood coming to the heart from the lungs.

Answer 7

Left atrium

Question 8

Name the muscles involved in respiratory inspiration.

Answer 8

Diaphragm, external intercostals, scalenes, sternocleidomastoid, pectoralis minor

Question 9

What are three guidelines for the health and fitness professional when taking the radial pulse of a client?

Answer 9

Touch should be gentle, take the pulse when the client is calm, take the pulse over the course of 3 days (at the same time each day) and average the results to ensure accuracy

Question 10

Name the functional unit of the muscle that lies in the space between two Z lines. It produces muscular contraction and is formed by repeating sections of actin and myosin.

Answer 10

Sarcomere

Question 11

The science concerned with the internal and external forces acting on the human body and the effects produced by these forces.

Answer 11

Biomechanics

Question 12

Represents the pressure within the arterial system after the heart contracts.

Answer 12

Systolic blood pressure

Question 13

Represents the pressure within the arterial system when the heart is resting and filling with blood.

Answer 13

Diastolic blood pressure

Question 14

Muscles that assist the prime movers.

Answer 14

Synergists

Question 15

Sensory receptors responsible for sensing distortion in body tissues.

Answer 15

Mechanoreceptors

Question 16

Receptors sensitive to change in tension of the muscle and the rate of that change.

Answer 16

Golgi tendon organs

Question 17

Receptors sensitive to change in length of the muscle and the rate of that change

Answer 17

Muscle Spindles

Question 18

The resting length of a muscle and the tension the muscle can produce at this resting length.

Answer 18

Length-tension relationship

Question 19

What is the functional unit of the nervous system?

Answer 19

Neuron

Question 20

Name the systems of the human movement system (kinetic chain).

Answer 20

Nervous system, muscular system, skeletal system

Question 21

Name the agonist, synergist, stabilizer, and antagonist muscles activated during a squat exercise.

Answer 21

Agonists: Gluteus maximus, quadriceps; Synergists: Hamstring complex; Stabilizer: Transversus abdominis; Antagonist: Psoas

Question 22

The involved structures and mechanisms that the nervous system uses to gather sensory information and integrate it with previous experiences to produce a motor response.

Answer 22

Motor control

Question 23

Feedback used after the completion of a movement to help inform clients about the outcome of their performance.

Answer 23

Knowledge of results

Question 24

The energy pathway used in moderate to high intensity activities that can only be sustained for 30 to 50 seconds.

Answer 24

Glycolysis

Question 25

Repeated practice of motor control processes, which leads to a change in the ability to produce skilled movements.

Answer 25

Motor learning

Question 26

Which muscle synergies (muscle groups) are primarily used in a Shoulder Press?

Answer 26

Deltoid, rotator cuff, trapezius

Question 27

The name of the receptors surrounding a joint that respond to pressure, acceleration, and deceleration in the joint.

Answer 27

Joint receptors

Question 28

Altered reciprocal inhibition, synergistic dominance, and arthrokinetic dysfunction all lead to this.

Answer 28

Muscle imbalance

Question 29

The ability of the neuromuscular system to properly recruit muscles to produce force concentrically, reduce force eccentrically, and isometrically stabilize the entire kinetic chain in all three planes of motion.

Answer 29

Neuromuscular efficiency

Question 30

A layer of connective tissue that is underneath the fascia, and surrounds the muscle.

Answer 30

Epimysium

Question 31

What are the three support mechanisms of blood?

Answer 31

Transportation, regulation and protection

Question 32

What muscle is responsible for concentrically accelerating shoulder extension, adduction, and internal rotation?

Answer 32

Latissimus dorsi

Question 33

Average stroke volume of an adult.

Answer 33

70 mL

Question 34

Name two abdominal muscles used for trunk rotation.

Answer 34

Internal and external obliques

Question 35

A force that produces rotation.

Answer 35

Torque

Question 36

Movement of the bones around the joints.

Answer 36

Rotary motion