Anatomy - Stott Pilates Exam
Preparation Exam Questions and
Answers
Which muscles oppose each other on the anteriorposterior sides of the foot?
- -Anterior: Dorsiflexors
Posterior: Plantar Flexors
-Which muscles oppose each other on the later and rotary sides of the foot?
- -Lateral: Tibialis
Peroneals
-What is the function of Tibialis anterior? - -dorsiflexing and inverting the
foot.
-What is the function of the peroneas muscles? - -Primarily responsible for
eversion of the foot. peroneus longus and brevis plantarflex the foot, while
the peroneus tertius dorsiflexes it.
-What are the opposing anteroposterior muscles of the knee? - -The
hamstrings, gastrocnemius and the popliteus oppose the hamstrings.
-The transverse plane divides the body into _________ and _______ segments.
- -Superior and inferior segments of the body
-The Frontal plane divides the body into ____________ and ___________
segments. - -Anterior and posterior (front/back) segments.
-The sagital plane divides the body into ________ and ________ segments - -
Left and right segments
-Medial is a directional term for: - -Closest to the midline of the body.
-Lateral is a directional term for: - -Away from the midline of the body
-Proximal/central means ________ to the trunk or midline of the body. - -
closer
-Distal/peripheral means ________ from the trunk or midline of the body. - -
away
-Superior is a directional term for: - -above or towards the head
-Inferior is a directional term for: - -Below or away from the head
, -Anterior refers to - -front of the body
-Posterior refers to - -back of the body
-Superficial refers to - -towards the surface of the skin / outer most layer
-Deep refers to - -inside the body (internal)
-Spinal flexion moves the __________ surfaces of the body ___________ each
other. - -anterior surfaces of the body towards each other.
-Spinal extension moves the __________ surfaces of the body ___________ each
other. - -anterior surfaces of the body away from each other.
-Lateral spinal flexion moves the spine in which direction? - -Side to side
-Rotational movements happen around which central point? - -The axis of
the spine.
-List the 4 actions of the neck (cervical spine) - -Flexion
Extension
Lateral flexion
Rotation
-Describe the action of shoulder flexion and extension. - -Arm reaches up
overhead (vertical flexion)
Arm reaches back behind the body (vertical extension)
-Describe the actions of shoulder abduction and adduction. - -Arm moves
away from the midline (abduction)
Arm moves towards the midline (adduction)
* can also done horizontally as in when client is supine.
-Describe the actions of internal rotation and external rotation of the
shoulder. - -Internal rotation - palm moves toward the body.
External rotation - palm moves away from the body.
-Describe the actions of protraction and retraction of the scapula. - -
protraction - scapular borders moves away from the midline (the spine)
retraction - scapular boarders moves toward the midline (the spine)
-List the 6 actions of the scapula - -Protraction
Retraction
Elevation
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