Pilates Anatomy Basi Questions and answers already graded A+| Updated & Verified | 2024

Median plane - Dividing the body into right and left halves Sagittal Plane - Dividing the body into unequal right and left portions Coronal Plane - Dividing the body into front and back portions Transverse Plane - Dividing the body into upper and lower portions 10 Pilates Principles - Awareness, Balance, Control, Efficiency, Precision, Breath, Concentration, Center, Flow, Harmony Synovial Joint - Freely moving joint. ie: hip, shoulder etc. Fibrous Joint - Immovable joint. Ie: skull bones (connected by dense tissue) Flexion - movement in an anterior direction for the upper extremities and hip joint and movement in a posterior direction for the lower extremities Extension - movement in the direction opposite to flexionHyperextension - excessive movement/position in the direction of extension e.g. knees, lumbar and cervical curvatures of the spine Abduction - movement away from the mid-sagittal plane Adduction - movement towards the mid-sagittal plane Lateral Flexion - (of the spine) side bending of the trunk to the right or left. lateral movement of the head, neck, and trunk in the coronal plane and around the sagittal axis Multi directional - Glilding - flat or curved surfaces articulating on one another. ie: scapula Circumduction - combination of flexion, abduction, extension and adduction . ie: leg circles Rotation - Turning around the long axis of a bone Tilt - anterior tilt, posterior tilt and lateral tilt (equates to lateral flexion) Planter flexion - pointing of the foot dorsi flexion - flexing on the foot Cartilaginous Joints - slightly mov