PILATES ANATOMY BASI EXAM
2025 BRAND NEW ACTUAL EXAM
WITH ANSWERS.
Tonic - correct answer -Slow twitch, good for isometric sustained
stregnth.
Phasic - correct answer -Fast twitch, quick but tire easily.
Sacroiliac Joint - correct answer -Joints of sacrum and ilium of
pelvis.
Tendon - correct answer -Connects muscle to bone.
levitator Scapulae - correct answer -Elevates scapula.
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Types of Muscle - correct answer -Smooth
Cardiac
Striated (skeletal)
Rotation Plane and Axis - correct answer -Tansverse Plane
Longitudinal Axis
Lateral Flexion Plane and Axis - correct answer -Coronal Plane
Sagital Axis
Extension and Flexion Plane and Axis - correct answer -Sagital
Plane
Coronal Axis
Adduction/Abduction Plane and Axis - correct answer -Coronal
Plane
Sagital Axis
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Cuscumduction - correct answer -Some combination of flexion,
Ab/adduction, extension.
Median Plane - correct answer -Divides the body into equal right
and left halves.
Sagital Plane - correct answer -Dividing body into unequal right
and left halves.
Coronal Plane - correct answer -Dividing body into front and back
portions.
Transverse Plane - correct answer -Dividing body into upper and
lower portions.
Anatomical Position - correct answer -Standing with arms down
by sides and palms facing forward.
Anterior - correct answer -Front side of body.
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Posterior - correct answer -Back side of body.
Medial - correct answer -Closer to the median of the body.
Lateral - correct answer -Further from the median plane.
Superior - correct answer -Above/towards the head.
Inferior - correct answer -Below/towards the feet.
Proximal - correct answer -Closer to the root of the limb.
Distal - correct answer -Further from root of limb.