National Pilates Cert Exam Study
Guide+ Questions and Answers
Synovial Joints - ANSWER freely movable joints. Ball and socket, hinge, saddle,
gliding, ellipsoid, pivot
Ball and socket joint - ANSWER shoulder and hip
Hinge Joint - ANSWER Joint between bones (as at the elbow or knee) that permits
motion in only one plane
Saddle Joint - ANSWER type of joint found at the base of each thumb; allows
grasping and rotation
Gliding (Plane) Joint - ANSWER nonaxial; occurs when two flat articulating bones slide
over one another in one plane motion
Ellipsoid (Condylar) Joint - ANSWER allows flexion, extension, abduction and
adduction (wrist joint, metacarpophalangeal joints)
Pivot Joint - ANSWER rotating bone turns around an axis; i.e. connection
between radius/ulna and humerus
Axial Skeleton - ANSWER Skull, Vertebral Column, Thoracic Cage
, Cranium - ANSWER skull
Fascial Bones - ANSWER
Vertebral Column - ANSWER cervical vertebrae, thoracic vertebrae, lumbar
vertebrae, sacrum, coccyx
Thoracic Cage - ANSWER Sternum & Ribs
Appendicular Skeleton - ANSWER Bones of the limbs and limb girdles that are
attached to the axial skeleton
Pectoral Girdle - ANSWER Clavicle & Scapulae
The Upper Limb - ANSWER humerus, radius, ulna, carpals, metacarpals, phalanges
Pelvic Girdle - ANSWER ilium, ischium, pubis
The Lower Limb - ANSWER femur, tibia, fibula, tarsals, metatarsals, phalanges
ASIS - ANSWER anterior superior iliac spine
PSIS - ANSWER posterior superior iliac spine
Iliac Crest - ANSWER found on the top of the hip bone.
Guide+ Questions and Answers
Synovial Joints - ANSWER freely movable joints. Ball and socket, hinge, saddle,
gliding, ellipsoid, pivot
Ball and socket joint - ANSWER shoulder and hip
Hinge Joint - ANSWER Joint between bones (as at the elbow or knee) that permits
motion in only one plane
Saddle Joint - ANSWER type of joint found at the base of each thumb; allows
grasping and rotation
Gliding (Plane) Joint - ANSWER nonaxial; occurs when two flat articulating bones slide
over one another in one plane motion
Ellipsoid (Condylar) Joint - ANSWER allows flexion, extension, abduction and
adduction (wrist joint, metacarpophalangeal joints)
Pivot Joint - ANSWER rotating bone turns around an axis; i.e. connection
between radius/ulna and humerus
Axial Skeleton - ANSWER Skull, Vertebral Column, Thoracic Cage
, Cranium - ANSWER skull
Fascial Bones - ANSWER
Vertebral Column - ANSWER cervical vertebrae, thoracic vertebrae, lumbar
vertebrae, sacrum, coccyx
Thoracic Cage - ANSWER Sternum & Ribs
Appendicular Skeleton - ANSWER Bones of the limbs and limb girdles that are
attached to the axial skeleton
Pectoral Girdle - ANSWER Clavicle & Scapulae
The Upper Limb - ANSWER humerus, radius, ulna, carpals, metacarpals, phalanges
Pelvic Girdle - ANSWER ilium, ischium, pubis
The Lower Limb - ANSWER femur, tibia, fibula, tarsals, metatarsals, phalanges
ASIS - ANSWER anterior superior iliac spine
PSIS - ANSWER posterior superior iliac spine
Iliac Crest - ANSWER found on the top of the hip bone.
