ANATOMY PILATES TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED ANSWERS

ANATOMY PILATES TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
ANSWERS

●● Anterior
Answer: Front side


●● Posterior
Answer: Back side


●● Medial
Answer: Closer to the midline


●● Lateral
Answer: Further from the midline/towards the outside


●● Superior
Answer: Above/towards head


●● Inferior
Answer: Below/towards feet

,●● Proximal
Answer: Closer to root of limb or median plane


●● Distal
Answer: Further from root of limb or median plane


●● Supine
Answer: Lying on back


●● Prone
Answer: Lying on front


●● Abduction
Answer: Moving away from the midline of the body


●● Adduction
Answer: Moving towards the midline of the body


●● Rotation
Answer: Turning around the long axis of a bone

, ●● Lateral Flexion
Answer: Side bending of the trunk (spine) to the left or right


●● Flexion
Answer: Bring the anterior or posterior surface of a body segment
towards the anterior or posterior surface of an adjacent body segment -
bending


●● Extension
Answer: Moving from a flexed position towards the anatomical position
- straightening


●● Hyperextension
Answer: Excessive movement/position in the direction of extension (i.e.
knees, lumbar and cervical curvatures of the spine)


●● Supination (Inversion)
Answer: Ankle leaning outward, sole of foot inward


●● Pronation (Eversion)
Answer: Ankle leaning inward, sole of foot outward


●● Retraction (scapular)