POLESTAR PILATES MOVEMENT
FINAL TEST 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ Diaphragm Connects to:.
Answer: lumbar spine, central tendon & ribs
◍ Who was Joseph Pilates.
Answer: The creator of Contrology
◍ When was Joseph Pilates born and where?.
Answer: 1880 Düsseldorf Germany
◍ Diaphragm contracts (domes) during.
Answer: inhalation
◍ Diaphragm relaxes (flattens) during.
Answer: exhalation
◍ Movement facilitates _____________________.
Answer: breath
◍ Breath facilitates ___________________.
Answer: movement
◍ # cervical vertebrae.
Answer: 7
◍ What did Joseph suffer from as a child?.
Answer: He suffered from Ricketts asthma and rheumatic fever
◍ # thoracic vertebrae.
Answer: 12
◍ # lumbar vertebrae.
, Answer: 5
◍ Muscles of inspiration.
Answer: diaphragm, external intercostals, accessory muscles
◍ accessory muscles of insipration.
Answer: sternocleidomastoid & scalenes
◍ When did Joseph and Clara immigrate to the United States?.
Answer: 1923
◍ Muscles of expiration.
Answer: Abdominals, internal intercostals, pelvic floor muscles
◍ When did they meet.
Answer: During the voyage to America
◍ In 1970 who became the director of Jo and Clara's original studio?.
Answer: Romana Kryzanowska
◍ pelvic floor muscular sling.
Answer: pubococcygeus
◍ When did Ron Fletcher open his studio in Los Angeles?.
Answer: 1970
◍ And who were the only ever Pilates practitioners to ever be certified
officially by Joe through a special program at the United States University
of New York?.
Answer: Kathy Grant And Lotita San Miguel
◍ costo-transverse joint.
Answer: articulation of tubercle of rib to transverse process of vertebra
below
◍ Who were the other four students who opened their own studios.
Answer: Eve Gentry, Bruce King, Mary Bowen and Robert Fitzgerald
◍ What year was the name Pilates copyrighted and Trademarked owner
initiated numerous lawsuits against the using the word Pilates.
FINAL TEST 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ Diaphragm Connects to:.
Answer: lumbar spine, central tendon & ribs
◍ Who was Joseph Pilates.
Answer: The creator of Contrology
◍ When was Joseph Pilates born and where?.
Answer: 1880 Düsseldorf Germany
◍ Diaphragm contracts (domes) during.
Answer: inhalation
◍ Diaphragm relaxes (flattens) during.
Answer: exhalation
◍ Movement facilitates _____________________.
Answer: breath
◍ Breath facilitates ___________________.
Answer: movement
◍ # cervical vertebrae.
Answer: 7
◍ What did Joseph suffer from as a child?.
Answer: He suffered from Ricketts asthma and rheumatic fever
◍ # thoracic vertebrae.
Answer: 12
◍ # lumbar vertebrae.
, Answer: 5
◍ Muscles of inspiration.
Answer: diaphragm, external intercostals, accessory muscles
◍ accessory muscles of insipration.
Answer: sternocleidomastoid & scalenes
◍ When did Joseph and Clara immigrate to the United States?.
Answer: 1923
◍ Muscles of expiration.
Answer: Abdominals, internal intercostals, pelvic floor muscles
◍ When did they meet.
Answer: During the voyage to America
◍ In 1970 who became the director of Jo and Clara's original studio?.
Answer: Romana Kryzanowska
◍ pelvic floor muscular sling.
Answer: pubococcygeus
◍ When did Ron Fletcher open his studio in Los Angeles?.
Answer: 1970
◍ And who were the only ever Pilates practitioners to ever be certified
officially by Joe through a special program at the United States University
of New York?.
Answer: Kathy Grant And Lotita San Miguel
◍ costo-transverse joint.
Answer: articulation of tubercle of rib to transverse process of vertebra
below
◍ Who were the other four students who opened their own studios.
Answer: Eve Gentry, Bruce King, Mary Bowen and Robert Fitzgerald
◍ What year was the name Pilates copyrighted and Trademarked owner
initiated numerous lawsuits against the using the word Pilates.
