NATIONAL PILATES CERTIFICATION
STUDY GUIDE 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED A+
● elastic cartilage. Answer: cartilage with abundant elastic fibers; more
flexible than hyaline cartilage. EARS
● fibro cartilage. Answer: JOINTS/LIGAMENTS
● Ligaments. Answer: Connect bone to bone
● Tendon. Answer: Connects muscle to bone
● fascia. Answer: 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. Answer: producing movement, maintaining
posture, stabilizing joints, generating heat
● MUSCLE FUNCTION AGAINST. Answer: MUSCLE DOING
WORK
, ● MUSCLE FUNCTION ANTAGONISTS. Answer: DOES OPPOSITE
ACTION. EX: GLUE MAX AGAINST FLEXORS
● SYNERGIST. Answer: MUSCLES THAT WORK TOGETHER
● muscle contraction. Answer: the tensioning of the muscle during
shortening (concentric), lengthening (eccentric), or no motion
(isometric)
● CONCENTRIC. Answer: BICEP CURL - MUSCLE SHORTENED
● ESSENTRIC. Answer: LOWERING BICEP CURL. MUSCLE
LENGTHENED
● lordosis. Answer: abnormal anterior curvature of the lumbar spine
(sway-back condition)
● kyphosis. Answer: excessive outward curvature of the spine, causing
hunching of the back. HUNCHBACK
● Swayback. Answer: common term for lordosis
STUDY GUIDE 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED A+
● elastic cartilage. Answer: cartilage with abundant elastic fibers; more
flexible than hyaline cartilage. EARS
● fibro cartilage. Answer: JOINTS/LIGAMENTS
● Ligaments. Answer: Connect bone to bone
● Tendon. Answer: Connects muscle to bone
● fascia. Answer: 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. Answer: producing movement, maintaining
posture, stabilizing joints, generating heat
● MUSCLE FUNCTION AGAINST. Answer: MUSCLE DOING
WORK
, ● MUSCLE FUNCTION ANTAGONISTS. Answer: DOES OPPOSITE
ACTION. EX: GLUE MAX AGAINST FLEXORS
● SYNERGIST. Answer: MUSCLES THAT WORK TOGETHER
● muscle contraction. Answer: the tensioning of the muscle during
shortening (concentric), lengthening (eccentric), or no motion
(isometric)
● CONCENTRIC. Answer: BICEP CURL - MUSCLE SHORTENED
● ESSENTRIC. Answer: LOWERING BICEP CURL. MUSCLE
LENGTHENED
● lordosis. Answer: abnormal anterior curvature of the lumbar spine
(sway-back condition)
● kyphosis. Answer: excessive outward curvature of the spine, causing
hunching of the back. HUNCHBACK
● Swayback. Answer: common term for lordosis
