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NASM Terms

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Bisects body into front and back






2. Smaller muscle - just outside of longus coli






3. Internal Intercostals - Abdominals






4. Attaches muscles to bone - and provides the anchor for which muscles can exert force






5. Tibia - glut max - erector spinae






6. Hypertension - congestive heart failure






7. Refers to position farther away from midline






8. Contracts the muscle in response - Normal reaction to avoid injury - Senses Muscle Lengthening






9. Transport chemicals - water between blood and tissue






10. Hip Flexors - Erector Spinae






11. .86 and .95






12. Liver damage - bone/joint pain - dry skin - hair loss - headache - vomitting






13. Refers to postion closest to midline






14. Standing Adductor Stretch - Lat Ball Stretch - Pectoral Wall Stretch






15. Neutral/Neutral






16. Neurotoxicity






17. Soleus - gastronemus - hip flexor - ab complex






18. Transition phase or electrical magnetical delay between eccentric and concentric contraction






19. Upper Straps - Sternocloidmastoid - Levator Scapulae






20. Increased sensitivity of skin reaction of nickel






21. Masks V- B12 (which can cause neurological problems)






22. Hypertension and congestive heart failure






23. Hamstring complex strain - Anterior Knee pain - Low Back Pain






24. Attaches muscles to bone - and provides the anchor for which muscles can exert force






25. Measures upper extremity agility and stabilization






26. Recreational Activities? Hobbies?






27. Men: 10% -20% Women: 20% - 30%






28. Shoulder Extension - Shoulder External Rotation






29. Knee






30. Safe - supportive shoes - proper surface - proper supervision - progressive






31. A Golgi tendon organ (GTO) and muscle spindle fibers






32. Position below reference






33. On obese Clients - Comparisons/Progressions - Assessing Fat Patterns & Distributions - Inexpensive - Easy to Record - Little Technician Error - Waist Circumference - Waist to Hip Ratio






34. Up - Down - Neutral- Down






35. Tibia - glut max - erector spinae






36. Neurotoxicity






37. Inner - center shoulder muscles






38. Hypertension - congestive heart failure - and peripheral edema






39. High stress on lower back and can be difficult on knees






40. Calcification of brain/arteries - increased blood calcium - loss of appetite - nausea






41. Cardiac muscle - smooth muscle - skeletal muscle






42. Apart of quads - small






43. Combination of flexibility and the nervous systems ability to control this range of motion efficiently






44. Receives O2 blood and pumps to body






45. Bone - kidney - muscle - nerve damage -






46. Plantar fascititis - Posterior Tibialis tendonitis (shin splits) - Patellar Tendonitis - Low back pain






47. Adductor Complex - Biceps Femoris - TFL - Vastus Lateralis






48. Neutral or Up/Neutral or Down






49. Ankle dorsiflexion - Ankle Inversion






50. Diarhea - gastrointstinal disturbance