Pilates Exam

Question 1

What is attached to the spine?

Answer 1

Pelvis and Rib Cage

Question 2

Axial Skeleton

Answer 2

Connected to the spine

Question 3

Cervical Spine

Answer 3

Neck, 8 vertebrae: easiest place to move, most mobile, and least stable

Question 4

Thoracic Spine

Answer 4

The longest section of the spine, outward curve

Question 5

Lumbar Spine

Answer 5

5 Vertibra

Question 6

Sacrum

Answer 6

Tailbone is at the end of the Sacrum

Question 7

Pelvic Section

Answer 7

Includes the tailbone and sacrum

Question 8

Spinal Flexion

Answer 8

Roll up where the neck is curved in: swan is opposite because of spine extension

Question 9

Lateral Flexion

Answer 9

Laterally flexing the spine either way, spinal twist

Question 10

Neutral

Answer 10

Position of spine

Question 11

Spinal Rotation

Answer 11

Rotation of spine

Question 12

Spinal Articulation

Answer 12

Can articulate from extension through neutral into flexion and vice versa

Question 13

Tendon

Answer 13

Attaches to spine

Question 14

Rib bones

Answer 14

Small and flexible

Question 15

Hip Bones

Answer 15

Very dense

Question 16

Transverse Abdominis

Answer 16

Helps stabilize neutral, and has many functions- in between ribs and hips

Question 17

Internal Obliques

Answer 17

Run at a diagonal from the outer hip to the inside of the lower ribs

Question 18

External Obliques

Answer 18

Attach to outer ribs and run to inside of hips

Question 19

Inflection

Answer 19

If all 4 obliques contract at the same time

Question 20

Twist Right

Answer 20

Right internal oblique contracts and left external oblique

Question 21

Single leg circles

Answer 21

Stabilize neutral, knee folds

Question 22

Rectus Abdominis

Answer 22

If trained can look like 6 pack, mini crunch, only involved in spinal flection