POLESTAR Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
When FORM + FORCE closure are combined what is it known as? -
correct answer ✅Self bracing or Self locking mechanism
Why do muscle slings come into play? -
correct answer ✅When a person lacks FORM closure they require
more stability to assist in force closure
How can we develop new or correct movement? -
correct answer ✅By facilitating awareness of optimal postural
alignment. This decreases stresses to comprised body parts in both
static and dynamic positions
How many vertebrae are there in Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar spine?
-
correct answer ✅7, 12, 5
What are the degrees of the facets in the Cervical, Thoracic lumbar
spine? -
correct answer ✅50, 45, 90
What movement takes place in Sagittal plane? -
correct answer ✅Flexion/Extension
,POLESTAR Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
What movement takes place in Coronal plane? -
correct answer ✅Adduction, Abduction, Lateral Flexion, Rotation
What movement takes place in Transverse plane? -
correct answer ✅Internal + External rotation
When Spine is in Flexion is it harder or easier to rotate? -
correct answer ✅Harder
What is Freyette's Law/Theory of motion in the spine? -
correct answer ✅When the slack of the spine is taken up in one
direction of movement, there will be less available movement in
other planes of movement
What is Eccentric Deceleration? -
correct answer ✅When a muscle slows down to allow for smooth
spinal articulation in all planes
As you are moving do your muscles lengthen or shorten? -
correct answer ✅Lengthen
,POLESTAR Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
While moving if your muscle distribution is decreased, how does
that affect your joints? -
correct answer ✅Leads to excessive joint movement
Is there more or less pressure on the lungs when you exhale? -
correct answer ✅LESS
When you inhale, what direction does your Diaphragm go? -
correct answer ✅Downward
Which natural chemical regulates breathing? -
correct answer ✅CO2
What type of breath moves upward and lateral? -
correct answer ✅Bucket Handle
Describe Pump Handle Breathing? -
correct answer ✅Ribs 2-6 move upward and forward
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Correct Answers
What is the force couples 6 muscles of breathing? -
correct answer ✅Pelvic Floor, TA, Diaphragm, Lumbar Multifidus,
Serratus superior and inferior
When you do an extension is it better to inhale or exhale? -
correct answer ✅INHALE
When you exhale is the air pressure on the outside lower or higher?
-
correct answer ✅Lower
Exhalation is good for Spine stabilisation, what 3 other actions is it
good for -
correct answer ✅Hip extension, Shoulder Flexion, Scapular
depression
What are 2 terms used when describing how your breath helps with
Axial Elongation + Core control? -
correct answer ✅Hydraullic Ampliphier
Cylinder of Support
Correct Answers
When FORM + FORCE closure are combined what is it known as? -
correct answer ✅Self bracing or Self locking mechanism
Why do muscle slings come into play? -
correct answer ✅When a person lacks FORM closure they require
more stability to assist in force closure
How can we develop new or correct movement? -
correct answer ✅By facilitating awareness of optimal postural
alignment. This decreases stresses to comprised body parts in both
static and dynamic positions
How many vertebrae are there in Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar spine?
-
correct answer ✅7, 12, 5
What are the degrees of the facets in the Cervical, Thoracic lumbar
spine? -
correct answer ✅50, 45, 90
What movement takes place in Sagittal plane? -
correct answer ✅Flexion/Extension
,POLESTAR Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
What movement takes place in Coronal plane? -
correct answer ✅Adduction, Abduction, Lateral Flexion, Rotation
What movement takes place in Transverse plane? -
correct answer ✅Internal + External rotation
When Spine is in Flexion is it harder or easier to rotate? -
correct answer ✅Harder
What is Freyette's Law/Theory of motion in the spine? -
correct answer ✅When the slack of the spine is taken up in one
direction of movement, there will be less available movement in
other planes of movement
What is Eccentric Deceleration? -
correct answer ✅When a muscle slows down to allow for smooth
spinal articulation in all planes
As you are moving do your muscles lengthen or shorten? -
correct answer ✅Lengthen
,POLESTAR Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
While moving if your muscle distribution is decreased, how does
that affect your joints? -
correct answer ✅Leads to excessive joint movement
Is there more or less pressure on the lungs when you exhale? -
correct answer ✅LESS
When you inhale, what direction does your Diaphragm go? -
correct answer ✅Downward
Which natural chemical regulates breathing? -
correct answer ✅CO2
What type of breath moves upward and lateral? -
correct answer ✅Bucket Handle
Describe Pump Handle Breathing? -
correct answer ✅Ribs 2-6 move upward and forward
, POLESTAR Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
What is the force couples 6 muscles of breathing? -
correct answer ✅Pelvic Floor, TA, Diaphragm, Lumbar Multifidus,
Serratus superior and inferior
When you do an extension is it better to inhale or exhale? -
correct answer ✅INHALE
When you exhale is the air pressure on the outside lower or higher?
-
correct answer ✅Lower
Exhalation is good for Spine stabilisation, what 3 other actions is it
good for -
correct answer ✅Hip extension, Shoulder Flexion, Scapular
depression
What are 2 terms used when describing how your breath helps with
Axial Elongation + Core control? -
correct answer ✅Hydraullic Ampliphier
Cylinder of Support
