Club Pilates Instructor Certification – Questions And
Answers
Frontal plane (coronal plane) Correct Ans - divides the body into
anterior and posterior portions
Sagittal plane Correct Ans - a vertical plane that divides the body into
right and left parts, the only plane of the body that has the potential to divide
the body into equal halves
Superior Correct Ans - above; toward the head
Inferior Correct Ans - Lower on the body, farther from the head
Medial Correct Ans - Toward the midline of the body
Lateral Correct Ans - Away from the midline of the body
Anterior Correct Ans - front of the body
Posterior Correct Ans - back of body
Ventral Correct Ans - belly side
Dorsal Correct Ans - pertaining to the back
Superficial Correct Ans - near the surface
Deep Correct Ans - Away from the surface
Proximal Correct Ans - Closer to the origin of the body part or the
point of attachment of a limb to the body trunk
Distal Correct Ans - farther from the origin of a body part or the point
of attachment of a limb to the body trunk
transverse plane Correct Ans - horizontal division of the body into
upper and lower portions
, Xiphoid Process Correct Ans - lower portion of the sternum
Atlas (C1) Correct Ans - First cervical vertebra, supports the head
Manubrium Correct Ans - upper portion of the sternum
Axis (C2) Correct Ans - second cervical vertebrae. Allows the head to
shake "no"
Sternum Correct Ans - breastbone
Clavicle Correct Ans - the collar bone, a slender bone that connects the
manubrium of the sternum to the scapula
Diarthrosis (synovial) Correct Ans - freely movable joint, ball and
socket
Synathrosis Correct Ans - immovable joint (fibrous)
Amphiarthrosis Correct Ans - slightly movable joint (cartilaginous)
synovial fluid Correct Ans - joint-lubricating fluid secreted by the
synovial membrane
articular cartilage Correct Ans - Found at the ends of bones, helps to
absorb impact, cushion and keep friction low
Ligament Correct Ans - flexible, tough band of fibrous connective
tissue that attaches one bone to another at a joint
Joint Capsule Correct Ans - fibrous tissue that encloses bone ends and
other joint surfaces
joint cavity Correct Ans - the space between two connecting bones
Articulation Correct Ans - joint
ball and socket joint Correct Ans - shoulder and hip
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