PILATES ANATOMY TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔eccentric - ✔✔when a muscle contracts as it is actively lengthening in the opposite
direction
✔✔isometric - ✔✔when a muscle contracts without movement taking place
✔✔sacrum - ✔✔1
✔✔coccyx - ✔✔1
✔✔diaphragm - ✔✔primary muscle of resperation
✔✔first trimester - ✔✔avoid inner thigh contraction
build an incline
no kneeling EVER
✔✔second trimester - ✔✔no jumpboard
avoid head over heart
✔✔Supine Hyposensitive syndrome - ✔✔mother's inferior vena cava is compressed in
the supine position
reduces return of blood to the heart
symptom include shortness of breath, nausea, or dizziness
✔✔third trimester - ✔✔no ab curls or c-curve
no hinge back
no intense ab work
monitor roll downs
✔✔diastasis Recti - ✔✔separation of the rectus abdominals from the linea alba
, ✔✔ Transverse abdominals - ✔✔
✔✔Rectus abdominals - ✔✔
✔✔internal obliques - ✔✔rotates towards same side
✔✔external oblique - ✔✔rotates towards opposite side
✔✔Bicep brachii - ✔✔
✔✔tricep brachii - ✔✔
✔✔anterior deltoid - ✔✔
✔✔posterior deltoid - ✔✔
✔✔middle deltoid - ✔✔
✔✔gastrocnemius - ✔✔
✔✔tibialis anterior - ✔✔
✔✔gluteus medius - ✔✔
✔✔gluteus minimus - ✔✔
✔✔gluteus maximus - ✔✔
✔✔hamstrings - ✔✔
✔✔quadriceps - ✔✔
✔✔vastus medialis - ✔✔
✔✔iliopsoas - ✔✔
✔✔pectoralis - ✔✔
✔✔rotator cuff - ✔✔
✔✔rhomboids - ✔✔
✔✔latissimus dorsi - ✔✔
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔eccentric - ✔✔when a muscle contracts as it is actively lengthening in the opposite
direction
✔✔isometric - ✔✔when a muscle contracts without movement taking place
✔✔sacrum - ✔✔1
✔✔coccyx - ✔✔1
✔✔diaphragm - ✔✔primary muscle of resperation
✔✔first trimester - ✔✔avoid inner thigh contraction
build an incline
no kneeling EVER
✔✔second trimester - ✔✔no jumpboard
avoid head over heart
✔✔Supine Hyposensitive syndrome - ✔✔mother's inferior vena cava is compressed in
the supine position
reduces return of blood to the heart
symptom include shortness of breath, nausea, or dizziness
✔✔third trimester - ✔✔no ab curls or c-curve
no hinge back
no intense ab work
monitor roll downs
✔✔diastasis Recti - ✔✔separation of the rectus abdominals from the linea alba
, ✔✔ Transverse abdominals - ✔✔
✔✔Rectus abdominals - ✔✔
✔✔internal obliques - ✔✔rotates towards same side
✔✔external oblique - ✔✔rotates towards opposite side
✔✔Bicep brachii - ✔✔
✔✔tricep brachii - ✔✔
✔✔anterior deltoid - ✔✔
✔✔posterior deltoid - ✔✔
✔✔middle deltoid - ✔✔
✔✔gastrocnemius - ✔✔
✔✔tibialis anterior - ✔✔
✔✔gluteus medius - ✔✔
✔✔gluteus minimus - ✔✔
✔✔gluteus maximus - ✔✔
✔✔hamstrings - ✔✔
✔✔quadriceps - ✔✔
✔✔vastus medialis - ✔✔
✔✔iliopsoas - ✔✔
✔✔pectoralis - ✔✔
✔✔rotator cuff - ✔✔
✔✔rhomboids - ✔✔
✔✔latissimus dorsi - ✔✔