Polestar Exam Review 2026
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What is "tripod WB" refering to in the spine? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔disc in front
and facets in back
Local muscles or deep local stabilizers primary job is - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔proprioception and stiffness -
,These are muscles that have unique control over the posturing of our head.
- 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔These deep local muscles: the Rectus Capitus Posterior,
the Oblique Capitus Superior and the Oblique Capitus Inferior.
In anticipation of movement, the Transverse Abdominis - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Activates sub-consciously and sub-threshold
The primary purpose of the rectus abdominis is to: - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Accelerate or decelerate flexion and extension of the spine
The deep muscles of the back (multifidi and rotatores): - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Create stiffness and control around the spine based on the anticipated
activity
Which of the following is true regarding fascia? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Fascia is a
living, dynamic, communicating tissue in our body that links all of our cells
together
Prevents collapse or shift forward of spinal vertebrae - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The
Anterior Longitudinal Ligament:
The ligamentum flavum is different from other ligaments as it is: - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Yellow, elastic, made to stretch and expand
, Pelvic ligaments: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Are extremely thick ligaments that
connect the ilium and sacrum together
wraps all the way around the body and connects to the posterior lumbar
fascia, or the thoracolumbar fascia. It draws
on the rectus sheath and on the thoracolumbar
fascia, which is filled with the erector spinae and the multifidi muscles. - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔TA
The psoas major ascends
and has a relationship with our spine. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔It ascends past the
lumbar spine,
and has insertions up through the diaphragm
into the lower thoracic spine in the anterior body
or the anterior lateral body of the vertebra. This is very important.
What connects the arm to the thoracolumbar fascia? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the
latissimus dorsi muscle
These pelvic floor sphincters are suspended
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Exam Questions and Verified
Answers | Already Graded A+
What is "tripod WB" refering to in the spine? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔disc in front
and facets in back
Local muscles or deep local stabilizers primary job is - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔proprioception and stiffness -
,These are muscles that have unique control over the posturing of our head.
- 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔These deep local muscles: the Rectus Capitus Posterior,
the Oblique Capitus Superior and the Oblique Capitus Inferior.
In anticipation of movement, the Transverse Abdominis - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Activates sub-consciously and sub-threshold
The primary purpose of the rectus abdominis is to: - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Accelerate or decelerate flexion and extension of the spine
The deep muscles of the back (multifidi and rotatores): - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Create stiffness and control around the spine based on the anticipated
activity
Which of the following is true regarding fascia? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Fascia is a
living, dynamic, communicating tissue in our body that links all of our cells
together
Prevents collapse or shift forward of spinal vertebrae - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The
Anterior Longitudinal Ligament:
The ligamentum flavum is different from other ligaments as it is: - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Yellow, elastic, made to stretch and expand
, Pelvic ligaments: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Are extremely thick ligaments that
connect the ilium and sacrum together
wraps all the way around the body and connects to the posterior lumbar
fascia, or the thoracolumbar fascia. It draws
on the rectus sheath and on the thoracolumbar
fascia, which is filled with the erector spinae and the multifidi muscles. - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔TA
The psoas major ascends
and has a relationship with our spine. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔It ascends past the
lumbar spine,
and has insertions up through the diaphragm
into the lower thoracic spine in the anterior body
or the anterior lateral body of the vertebra. This is very important.
What connects the arm to the thoracolumbar fascia? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the
latissimus dorsi muscle
These pelvic floor sphincters are suspended
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