NATIONAL PILATES CERTIFICATION QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS RATED A+
hyaline cartilage - Most common type of cartilage; it is found on the ends of long bones,
ribs, and nose
elastic cartilage - cartilage with abundant elastic fibers; more flexible than hyaline
cartilage. EARS
fibro cartilage - JOINTS/LIGAMENTS
Ligaments - Connect bone to bone
Tendon - Connects muscle to bone
fascia - a band or sheet of fibrous connective tissue that covers, supports, and
separates muscle. CONNECTIVE TISSUE HOLDING ORGANS, BLOOD VESSEL,
NERVE FIBER, MUSCLES IN PLACE
Muscle functions - producing movement, maintaining posture, stabilizing joints,
generating heat
MUSCLE FUNCTION AGAINST - MUSCLE DOING WORK
MUSCLE FUNCTION ANTAGONISTS - DOES OPPOSITE ACTION. EX: GLUE MAX
AGAINST FLEXORS
SYNERGIST - MUSCLES THAT WORK TOGETHER
muscle contraction - the tensioning of the muscle during shortening (concentric),
lengthening (eccentric), or no motion (isometric)
CONCENTRIC - BICEP CURL - MUSCLE SHORTENED
ESSENTRIC - LOWERING BICEP CURL. MUSCLE LENGTHENED
lordosis - abnormal anterior curvature of the lumbar spine (sway-back condition)
kyphosis - excessive outward curvature of the spine, causing hunching of the back.
HUNCHBACK
Swayback - common term for lordosis
ANSWERS RATED A+
hyaline cartilage - Most common type of cartilage; it is found on the ends of long bones,
ribs, and nose
elastic cartilage - cartilage with abundant elastic fibers; more flexible than hyaline
cartilage. EARS
fibro cartilage - JOINTS/LIGAMENTS
Ligaments - Connect bone to bone
Tendon - Connects muscle to bone
fascia - a band or sheet of fibrous connective tissue that covers, supports, and
separates muscle. CONNECTIVE TISSUE HOLDING ORGANS, BLOOD VESSEL,
NERVE FIBER, MUSCLES IN PLACE
Muscle functions - producing movement, maintaining posture, stabilizing joints,
generating heat
MUSCLE FUNCTION AGAINST - MUSCLE DOING WORK
MUSCLE FUNCTION ANTAGONISTS - DOES OPPOSITE ACTION. EX: GLUE MAX
AGAINST FLEXORS
SYNERGIST - MUSCLES THAT WORK TOGETHER
muscle contraction - the tensioning of the muscle during shortening (concentric),
lengthening (eccentric), or no motion (isometric)
CONCENTRIC - BICEP CURL - MUSCLE SHORTENED
ESSENTRIC - LOWERING BICEP CURL. MUSCLE LENGTHENED
lordosis - abnormal anterior curvature of the lumbar spine (sway-back condition)
kyphosis - excessive outward curvature of the spine, causing hunching of the back.
HUNCHBACK
Swayback - common term for lordosis
