PILATES ANATOMY EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

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Anatomical position - Answer-Standing with palms facing forward

Frontal/Coronal Plane - Answer-Divides into front & back halves
Plane runs ear to ear

Sagittal Plane - Answer-Divides into right & left halves
Plane runs nose to back of head

Transverse Plane - Answer-Divides into top & bottom halves
Plane runs across belly button

3 systems that work the body - Answer-Skeletal
Muscular
Nervous

5 functions of skeletal system - Answer-Support
Movement
Protection
Storage
Blood cell production

Functions of spine - Answer-Provides active movement of trunk
Support for body & respiratory functions
Protects spinal cord & nerve structures

Intersection of brain & body - Answer-Sacrum

Shock absorbers for spine - Answer-Intervertebral discs

4 characteristics of muscle - Answer-Excitability
Contract ability
Extensibility
Elasticity

Muscle origin - Answer-Fixed
Proximal to center of body

Muscle insertion - Answer-Moving
Distal to center of body

Concentric - Answer-Shortening muscle action

Eccentric - Answer-Lengthening muscle action

Isometric - Answer-No change in muscle length while contracting