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Health - correct answer condition of your current state of being, related to the absence of
disease or injury
ADL - correct answer Activities of Daily Living
Respiratory Disease, Joint Injury, and Cardiovascular disease - correct answer Which of the
following exercise concern/s/ would you as a personal trainer, recommend that your client see
a highly trained psychologist or physician for a determination and prescription of an
appropriate training regime?
Reinforcing Factors - correct answer As a personal trainer, you play a part in motivating
positive behavior in your clients. When you give praise, rewards, encouragement and/or
recognition, which of the following influential aspects are being used to motivate positive
outcomes?
5 Components of Fitness - correct answer Physical Health is commonly identified, and can be
measured, by:
Origin - correct answer The point at which muscle joins the stationary bone at the end
closest to the body is the
Tendon - correct answer The strong connective tissue that connects muscle to bone, which
pulls on the bones and causes our limbs to move, is called
656 - correct answer There is an average of ______ muscles in the adult human body.
206 - correct answer The average adult has how many bones?
Cartilage - correct answer A tough but flexible connective tissue that covers the end of each
bone is called
Arteries; veins - correct answer Blood travels away from the heart, carrying oxygenated
blood to the body, through ____________; and deoxygenated blood comes back to the heart
through ____________
Diaphragm - correct answer This muscle controls the overall breathing process. As it
contracts it flattens, causing air to be sucked into the lungs; and when it relaxes the air in the
lungs is forced out.
Central Nervous System (CNS) - correct answer Which division of the nervous system sends
and receives information, and contains the brain and spinal cord?
Small Intestine - correct answer What part of the digestive system does most absorption of
nutrients occur?
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False - correct answer Glands, located in many regions of the body, release chemical
messengers called enzymes into the bloodstream. These enzymes transport signals from one
cell to another for the purpose of soliciting a specific bodily response and/or function.
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) and the Central Nervous System (CNS) - correct answer
The Nervous System is divided into what two (2) parts?
12-15 - correct answer In a healthy adult, the respiration process occurs approximately how
many times per minute?
Synovial Fluid - correct answer The cartilage-coated ends of bones are kept apart by a thin
film that keeps the bones from scratching against each other. This is called _______.
Endocrine System - correct answer Which system of the body is made up of glands that use
hormones to send information from one cell to another for the purpose of generating a specific
bodily response - such as mood, sleep, growth and development, and metabolism.
Abduction - correct answer Movement away from the body or body part's midline; lifting
your arm up to the horizontal position at your side
Adduction - correct answer Movement toward the body or body part's midline; lowering
your arm from the horizontal position back down to your side
Extension - correct answer The straightening of a joint that increases the angle; reaching out
your arm, straightening at elbow
Flexion - correct answer The bending of a joint that decreases the angle; bending at elbow
Internal Rotation - correct answer Movement of body part towards the axis/towards center
of body
External Rotation - correct answer Movement of body part away from axis/away from center
of body
Retraction - correct answer Backward (posterior) movement of a body part; generally
referring to scapulae and skull/cervical spine
Protraction - correct answer Forward (anterior) movement of a body part; generally
referring to scapulae and skull/cervical spine
Hyperextension - correct answer Extension beyond normal limits, over extended; a body
part or joint is bent backwards too far
Hypoextension - correct answer Extension that is less than normal, under-extended; not
being able to extend at the knee because of a tight hamstring
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Gliding - correct answer Movement of non-angular joints over each other
Deviation - correct answer Departure from the midline
Pronation - correct answer Palm of hand turning downward into a posterior position when
arm is down at side; the inward roll of the foot/arch decreased during normal walking motion
Supination - correct answer Palm of hand turning upward into an anterior position when
arm is down at side; the outward roll of the foot/arch heightened during normal walking
motion
Inversion - correct answer Turning both feet inward so the soles face each other
Eversion - correct answer Turning both feet outward so the soles face away from each other
Plantarflexion - correct answer Pointing foot downward (e.g. going up on tiptoes)
Dorsiflexion - correct answer Pointing foot up towards the shin
True - correct answer The ankle is distal to the hip
Elbow - correct answer The wrist is distal to the shoulder. The ______ is proximal to the
wrist.
distal; proximal - correct answer The knee is _____ to the hip and _____ to the ankle.
Isotonic - correct answer Where the load on the muscle is less than the generated tension,
resulting in movement
Isokinetic - correct answer Where the muscle contracts and shortens at a constant rate of
speed
Isometric - correct answer Where the load on the muscle is greater than the generated
tension, no movement takes place
Eccentric - correct answer Referred to by the increase in the length of the muscle during
isotonic contraction; the "negative" part of the contraction
Concentric - correct answer Referred to by the decrease in the length of the muscle during
isotonic contraction; the "positive" part of the contraction
SAGITTAL PLANE: - correct answer Vertical Plane & Divides: right and left sides
FRONTAL PLANE: - correct answer Motion = abduction and adduction & Divides: front half
and back half
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TRANSVERSE PLANE: - correct answer Horizontal Plane & Motion = internal rotation and
external rotation
The axial skeleton is made up of the bones in the: - correct answer trunk, or center of the
body
The appendicular skeleton is made of the bones in the: - correct answer limbs and upper and
lower extremities
Irregular Bones - correct answer vertebrae, sacrum, coccyx, mandible, hyoid
Flat Bones - correct answer cranium, scapula, sternum, ribs, ilium (pelvis)
Short Bones - correct answer tarsals (in feet), carpals (in hands)
Sesamoid Bones - correct answer joint bones in hands, knee (patella), and feet
Long Bones - correct answer clavicle, humerus, radius, ulna, femur, tibia, fibula, metacarpals,
metatarsals, phalanges
List the 3 main classifications of joints - correct answer Ligamentous, Cartilaginous &
Synovial
Choose the type of joint that is being described by its respective mobility
1)Immovable
2) Slightly Movable
3) Highly Movable - correct answer 1) Ligamentous
2) Cartilaginous
3) Synovial
List the 6 types of synovial joints: - correct answer Ball and Socket, Hinge, Pivot, Gliding,
Saddle, Condyloid
The shoulder joint is an example of a ________ type of joint. - correct answer Ball and socket
joint
The knee joint is an example of a ___________ type of joint. - correct answer hinge joint
A tendon: - correct answer connects muscle to bone
Ligaments are _________ elastic than tendons and are ________ prone to tearing than
tendons. - correct answer less; more