BASI PILATES 2026 CORE EXAM TEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Axial Skeleton - ✔✔Skull, vertebral column, ribs, sternum.
✔✔Appendicular Skeleton - ✔✔Upper and Lower Extremities.
✔✔Upper Extremities Bones - ✔✔2 Clavicle, 2 Scapula, 2 Humerus, 2 Radius, 2 Ulna,
16 Carpals, 10 Metacarpals, 28 Phalanges.
✔✔Lower Extremities Bones - ✔✔2 Os Coxae, 2 Femur, 2 Tibia, 2 Fibula, 14 Tarsals,
10 Metatarsals, 28 Phlanges
✔✔Vertebral Column - ✔✔33 Bones
7 Cervical
12 Thoracic
5 Lumbar
5 Sacral (fused sacrum)
3-5 Coccyx (fused tailbone).
✔✔MajorBones of Body - ✔✔Skull
Scapula
Clavicle
Sternum
Ribs
Humerus
Ulna
Radius
Os Coxae
Femur
Patella
Tibia
Fibula
✔✔Axis - ✔✔C1
✔✔Atlas - ✔✔C2
✔✔Spinal Movements - ✔✔Flexion
Extension
Hyperextension
Right/Left Lateral Flexion
Right/Left Rotation
, ✔✔Linea Alba - ✔✔Tendinous band running down central portion of abdomen which all
abdominals attach to.
✔✔Cocontraction - ✔✔Agonist and antagonist contract together to stabilize movement.
✔✔ASIS - ✔✔Anterior superior iliac spine.
✔✔Iliac Crest - ✔✔Upper border of the ilium.
✔✔Pubic Symphysis - ✔✔Disk of cartilage connects pubics of both sides together.
✔✔Ishial Tuberosity - ✔✔Sits Bones
✔✔Greater Trochanter - ✔✔Large projection toward the top of femur facing outward.
✔✔Neutral Pelvis - ✔✔ASISs and PS are level in triangle.
✔✔Anterior Pelvic Tilt - ✔✔ASIS in front of PS
✔✔Posterior Pelvic Tilt - ✔✔ASIS behind PS
✔✔Lateral Tilt of Pelvis - ✔✔Right: ASIS on R lower than L
Left: ASIS on L lower than R
✔✔Pelvic Rotation - ✔✔Right: L ASIS in front of R
Left: R ASIS in front of L
✔✔Pelvic Floor Muscles - ✔✔Funnel shaped, engaged to stabalize spine and help
engage transverses abdomens.
✔✔Neutral Spine - ✔✔Curves of spine are natural and in balance. plum line would run
through earlobe, middle of shoulder tip, middle of ribcage, greater trochanter, middle of
knee, front of ankle.
✔✔Cervical Lordosis - ✔✔Exageration of cervical spine. Often with forward head.
✔✔Thoracic Spine Deviation - ✔✔Kyphosis.
✔✔Lumbar Lordosis - ✔✔Increase curve in lower back. Often with anterior pelvic tilt.
✔✔Scapula Movements - ✔✔Elevation/Depression
Abduction/Adduction
Upward/Downward Rotation
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Axial Skeleton - ✔✔Skull, vertebral column, ribs, sternum.
✔✔Appendicular Skeleton - ✔✔Upper and Lower Extremities.
✔✔Upper Extremities Bones - ✔✔2 Clavicle, 2 Scapula, 2 Humerus, 2 Radius, 2 Ulna,
16 Carpals, 10 Metacarpals, 28 Phalanges.
✔✔Lower Extremities Bones - ✔✔2 Os Coxae, 2 Femur, 2 Tibia, 2 Fibula, 14 Tarsals,
10 Metatarsals, 28 Phlanges
✔✔Vertebral Column - ✔✔33 Bones
7 Cervical
12 Thoracic
5 Lumbar
5 Sacral (fused sacrum)
3-5 Coccyx (fused tailbone).
✔✔MajorBones of Body - ✔✔Skull
Scapula
Clavicle
Sternum
Ribs
Humerus
Ulna
Radius
Os Coxae
Femur
Patella
Tibia
Fibula
✔✔Axis - ✔✔C1
✔✔Atlas - ✔✔C2
✔✔Spinal Movements - ✔✔Flexion
Extension
Hyperextension
Right/Left Lateral Flexion
Right/Left Rotation
, ✔✔Linea Alba - ✔✔Tendinous band running down central portion of abdomen which all
abdominals attach to.
✔✔Cocontraction - ✔✔Agonist and antagonist contract together to stabilize movement.
✔✔ASIS - ✔✔Anterior superior iliac spine.
✔✔Iliac Crest - ✔✔Upper border of the ilium.
✔✔Pubic Symphysis - ✔✔Disk of cartilage connects pubics of both sides together.
✔✔Ishial Tuberosity - ✔✔Sits Bones
✔✔Greater Trochanter - ✔✔Large projection toward the top of femur facing outward.
✔✔Neutral Pelvis - ✔✔ASISs and PS are level in triangle.
✔✔Anterior Pelvic Tilt - ✔✔ASIS in front of PS
✔✔Posterior Pelvic Tilt - ✔✔ASIS behind PS
✔✔Lateral Tilt of Pelvis - ✔✔Right: ASIS on R lower than L
Left: ASIS on L lower than R
✔✔Pelvic Rotation - ✔✔Right: L ASIS in front of R
Left: R ASIS in front of L
✔✔Pelvic Floor Muscles - ✔✔Funnel shaped, engaged to stabalize spine and help
engage transverses abdomens.
✔✔Neutral Spine - ✔✔Curves of spine are natural and in balance. plum line would run
through earlobe, middle of shoulder tip, middle of ribcage, greater trochanter, middle of
knee, front of ankle.
✔✔Cervical Lordosis - ✔✔Exageration of cervical spine. Often with forward head.
✔✔Thoracic Spine Deviation - ✔✔Kyphosis.
✔✔Lumbar Lordosis - ✔✔Increase curve in lower back. Often with anterior pelvic tilt.
✔✔Scapula Movements - ✔✔Elevation/Depression
Abduction/Adduction
Upward/Downward Rotation
