Mat Pilates Exam Questions And Accurate Solution
Flexion -Answer closing of a joint
extension -Answer opening a joint
Abduction -Answer moving away from the midline
adduction -Answer moving toward the midline
medial/internal rotation -Answer rotating toward the midline
lateral/external rotation -Answer rotating away from the midline
circumduction -Answer specific to shoulders and hips: a cone shaped movement
lateral flexion -Answer specific to axial skeleton, when head an d spinal column bend
from side to side
supination - Answer pivoting action of the forearm to turn hand palm up, also refers to
foot position
pronation - Answer pivoting action of the forearm to turn hand palm down, also refers to
foot position
opposition - Answer specific to the thumb crossing toward the little finger
inversion - Answer specific to the feet, elevating medial side of the foot to expose sole
, (turning sole of foot inward)
eversion - Specific to feet, movement of the lateral side of the foot to expose the sole
(pronation, turning sole of foot outward)
plantar flexion - Specific to the ankle, movement of the top of the foot down or away
dorsifelxion - Specific to the ankle, pulling the top of the foot up
protraction - Movement of a structure toward the front - think scapula pushing forward
retraction - Answer movement of a structure toward the back - think scapula moving
back standing up straight
elevation - Answer movement of a structure up or superiorly
depression - Answer movement of a structure down or inferiorly
deviation - Answer specific to the jaw, occurs when chewing and sometimes talking
nutation - Answer specific to sacrum and describes movement upward during anterior
pelvic tilt pushing butt out
counter nutation - Answer specific to sacrum and describes the movement down toward
during posterior pelvic tilt butt comes in
coronal plane - Answer Divides body front/ back
any movements side to side from the midline out
Direction of movement: abduction and adduction
example: side kicks up/dowon
sagittal plane - Answer vertical division of body left/right
any movement from back to front from the midline out
direction of movement: extension and flexion
Flexion -Answer closing of a joint
extension -Answer opening a joint
Abduction -Answer moving away from the midline
adduction -Answer moving toward the midline
medial/internal rotation -Answer rotating toward the midline
lateral/external rotation -Answer rotating away from the midline
circumduction -Answer specific to shoulders and hips: a cone shaped movement
lateral flexion -Answer specific to axial skeleton, when head an d spinal column bend
from side to side
supination - Answer pivoting action of the forearm to turn hand palm up, also refers to
foot position
pronation - Answer pivoting action of the forearm to turn hand palm down, also refers to
foot position
opposition - Answer specific to the thumb crossing toward the little finger
inversion - Answer specific to the feet, elevating medial side of the foot to expose sole
, (turning sole of foot inward)
eversion - Specific to feet, movement of the lateral side of the foot to expose the sole
(pronation, turning sole of foot outward)
plantar flexion - Specific to the ankle, movement of the top of the foot down or away
dorsifelxion - Specific to the ankle, pulling the top of the foot up
protraction - Movement of a structure toward the front - think scapula pushing forward
retraction - Answer movement of a structure toward the back - think scapula moving
back standing up straight
elevation - Answer movement of a structure up or superiorly
depression - Answer movement of a structure down or inferiorly
deviation - Answer specific to the jaw, occurs when chewing and sometimes talking
nutation - Answer specific to sacrum and describes movement upward during anterior
pelvic tilt pushing butt out
counter nutation - Answer specific to sacrum and describes the movement down toward
during posterior pelvic tilt butt comes in
coronal plane - Answer Divides body front/ back
any movements side to side from the midline out
Direction of movement: abduction and adduction
example: side kicks up/dowon
sagittal plane - Answer vertical division of body left/right
any movement from back to front from the midline out
direction of movement: extension and flexion
