STOTT PILATES PHYSIOTHERAPY WRITTEN EXAM –
COMPLETE TEST BANK QUESTIONS & VERIFIED
ANSWERS (2026 A+ GUIDE)
Movements in the Sagittal Plane occur around a
Frontal Axis
Movements in the frontal plane occur around a
Sagittal axis
Movements in the transverse plane occur around a
Vertical axis
Pilates _________ the muscles versus weightlifting that grows muscles
tones
Clockwise is a rotation to the
right
counter clockwise is a rotation to the
left
,appendicular skeleton
126 bones of the upper and lower limbs, shoulders, and hips
axial skeleton
the 80 bones of the skull, spine, ribs, vertebrae, and sternum, or breastbone
anatomical position
To stand erect with arms at the sides and palms of the hands turned forward
Muscles that abduct the shoulder
deltoid, supraspinatus
Muscles that abduct the humerus
deltoid, supraspinatus
muscles that extend the knee
anterior - quadriceps: rectus femoris, vastus medialis, vastus lateralis, vastus intermedius
,Four Layers of Abdominal Muscles
TA, Internal Obliques, External Obliques and rectus abdominis
Inhale promotes
extension
exhale promotes
flexion
Parts of the vertebrae
Spinous process (only part you can see)
Transverse process - wings that stick out
Vertebral body
Superior articular process - parts of your facet joints
how many cervical bones are there
7
how many thoracic bones are there
12
, how many lumbar bones are there
5
how many sacrum bones are there
5
how many coccyx bones are there
3-6
which muscles are medially rotators of the hip joint
Gluteus Medius, gluteus minimus and tensor fasciae latae
Gluteus Maximus, Piriformis and Obturator Internus all _________________rotate the hip
laterally
abductors of the humerus
suprasinatus and middle deltoid
The ankle bone is also known as the
COMPLETE TEST BANK QUESTIONS & VERIFIED
ANSWERS (2026 A+ GUIDE)
Movements in the Sagittal Plane occur around a
Frontal Axis
Movements in the frontal plane occur around a
Sagittal axis
Movements in the transverse plane occur around a
Vertical axis
Pilates _________ the muscles versus weightlifting that grows muscles
tones
Clockwise is a rotation to the
right
counter clockwise is a rotation to the
left
,appendicular skeleton
126 bones of the upper and lower limbs, shoulders, and hips
axial skeleton
the 80 bones of the skull, spine, ribs, vertebrae, and sternum, or breastbone
anatomical position
To stand erect with arms at the sides and palms of the hands turned forward
Muscles that abduct the shoulder
deltoid, supraspinatus
Muscles that abduct the humerus
deltoid, supraspinatus
muscles that extend the knee
anterior - quadriceps: rectus femoris, vastus medialis, vastus lateralis, vastus intermedius
,Four Layers of Abdominal Muscles
TA, Internal Obliques, External Obliques and rectus abdominis
Inhale promotes
extension
exhale promotes
flexion
Parts of the vertebrae
Spinous process (only part you can see)
Transverse process - wings that stick out
Vertebral body
Superior articular process - parts of your facet joints
how many cervical bones are there
7
how many thoracic bones are there
12
, how many lumbar bones are there
5
how many sacrum bones are there
5
how many coccyx bones are there
3-6
which muscles are medially rotators of the hip joint
Gluteus Medius, gluteus minimus and tensor fasciae latae
Gluteus Maximus, Piriformis and Obturator Internus all _________________rotate the hip
laterally
abductors of the humerus
suprasinatus and middle deltoid
The ankle bone is also known as the
