PILATES ANATOMY CORRECT EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔hip twist with stretched arms (hip circles prep) - ✔✔-start rocked back on sit bones
to balance, with arms behind the trunk and the palms of the hands flat on mat, fingers
pointing back, hold legs in V position
-exhale, rotate pelvis, shifting both legs to one side of the body, down on that side, and
across center
-inhale, continue the circle, bringing the legs up the opposite side rotating pelvis to that
side and then bringing the legs and pelvis back to the center start position
-exhale, rotate pelvis and bring both legs to the side of the body opposite side than
before, down that side and across center
-inhale, continue circle, bringing legs up the side opposite that of before, rotating pelvis
to that side and then bringing the legs and pelvis back to the center start position
✔✔twist - ✔✔-sit with body rotated to side, support weight on one arm (palm on the mat
with the fingers pointing away from the pelvis), the lower side of the pelvis, and the foot
(foot of the top leg in front of the other foot) knees bent, with top hand resting on the
side of the top knee
-inhale, lift trunk toward the ceiling as the legs straighten and the top arm raises
overhead
-exhale, rotate the upper trunk toward the mat
-inhale, rotate back to the second step position
-exhale, bend the knees and lower the trunk and top arm toward the start position,
stopping with the pelvis just above the mat, if good form can be maintained
✔✔ foundation principles of pilates - ✔✔-breath
-concentration
-center
-control
-precision
-flow
✔✔breath - ✔✔-fuel of the powerhouse
, -only skeletal muscles that are essential to life
✔✔concentration - ✔✔direction of attention to a single objective
✔✔center - ✔✔-relates to body's center of gravity
-relates to core and muscles of the core
✔✔control - ✔✔regulation of the execution of a given action
✔✔precision - ✔✔the exact manner in which an action is executed
✔✔flow - ✔✔-smooth and uninterrupted continuity of movement
✔✔external respiration - ✔✔involves movement of external air into the lungs (pulmonary
ventilation) and from the lungs into the blood (pulmonary diffusion) and vice versa
✔✔static alignment - ✔✔relative positioning when the body is stationary
✔✔dynamic alignment - ✔✔the relative positioning that occurs during movement
✔✔axial skeleton - ✔✔made up of the skull, vertebral column (spine), ribs, and sternum
(breastbone)
✔✔appendicular skeleton - ✔✔consists of the bones that make up the limbs/
appendages
✔✔two upper extremities contain... - ✔✔-one clavicle
-one scapula
-one humerus
-one radius
-one ulna
-eight carpals
-five metacarpals
-14 phalanges
✔✔two lower extremities contain... - ✔✔-one os coxae
-one femur
-one tibia
-one fibula
-seven tarsals
-five metatarsals
-14 phalanges
✔✔the os coxae is made up of... - ✔✔the ilium, ischium, and pubis fired together
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔hip twist with stretched arms (hip circles prep) - ✔✔-start rocked back on sit bones
to balance, with arms behind the trunk and the palms of the hands flat on mat, fingers
pointing back, hold legs in V position
-exhale, rotate pelvis, shifting both legs to one side of the body, down on that side, and
across center
-inhale, continue the circle, bringing the legs up the opposite side rotating pelvis to that
side and then bringing the legs and pelvis back to the center start position
-exhale, rotate pelvis and bring both legs to the side of the body opposite side than
before, down that side and across center
-inhale, continue circle, bringing legs up the side opposite that of before, rotating pelvis
to that side and then bringing the legs and pelvis back to the center start position
✔✔twist - ✔✔-sit with body rotated to side, support weight on one arm (palm on the mat
with the fingers pointing away from the pelvis), the lower side of the pelvis, and the foot
(foot of the top leg in front of the other foot) knees bent, with top hand resting on the
side of the top knee
-inhale, lift trunk toward the ceiling as the legs straighten and the top arm raises
overhead
-exhale, rotate the upper trunk toward the mat
-inhale, rotate back to the second step position
-exhale, bend the knees and lower the trunk and top arm toward the start position,
stopping with the pelvis just above the mat, if good form can be maintained
✔✔ foundation principles of pilates - ✔✔-breath
-concentration
-center
-control
-precision
-flow
✔✔breath - ✔✔-fuel of the powerhouse
, -only skeletal muscles that are essential to life
✔✔concentration - ✔✔direction of attention to a single objective
✔✔center - ✔✔-relates to body's center of gravity
-relates to core and muscles of the core
✔✔control - ✔✔regulation of the execution of a given action
✔✔precision - ✔✔the exact manner in which an action is executed
✔✔flow - ✔✔-smooth and uninterrupted continuity of movement
✔✔external respiration - ✔✔involves movement of external air into the lungs (pulmonary
ventilation) and from the lungs into the blood (pulmonary diffusion) and vice versa
✔✔static alignment - ✔✔relative positioning when the body is stationary
✔✔dynamic alignment - ✔✔the relative positioning that occurs during movement
✔✔axial skeleton - ✔✔made up of the skull, vertebral column (spine), ribs, and sternum
(breastbone)
✔✔appendicular skeleton - ✔✔consists of the bones that make up the limbs/
appendages
✔✔two upper extremities contain... - ✔✔-one clavicle
-one scapula
-one humerus
-one radius
-one ulna
-eight carpals
-five metacarpals
-14 phalanges
✔✔two lower extremities contain... - ✔✔-one os coxae
-one femur
-one tibia
-one fibula
-seven tarsals
-five metatarsals
-14 phalanges
✔✔the os coxae is made up of... - ✔✔the ilium, ischium, and pubis fired together
