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SCOTT PILATES WRITTEN ANATOMY EXAM AND PRACTICE
EXAM NEWEST 2025/2026 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 300
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
What is another term used to describe mid-sagittal plane?
- Transverse
- Circumduction
- Frontal
- Medial Plan - Correct Answer - D
What does contra-lateral mean?
- same side of body
- front side of body
- opposite side of body - Correct Answer - C
The scapula articulates which of the following?
- Ribs
- Clavicle
- Spine - Correct Answer - B
Which of the following is not one of the Joseph Pilates original principles?
- Breathing
- Precision
- Scapular Placement
- Control - Correct Answer - C
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pg. 2 Which bony landmark is on the femur?
A) ASIS
B) PSIS
- Lesser Trochanter - Correct Answer - C
Gluteus Max does not do which of the following?
- medial rotate at the hip
- laterally rotate at the hip
- Extend at the hip - Correct Answer - A
What is the action of the Serratus Posterior Superior?
- Retracts the ribs during inspiration
- Elevates the ribs during inspiration
- Protracts the ribs during inspiration - Correct Answer - B
What is typically present in kyphosis-lordosis posture?
- Posterior tilt in pelvis
- Anterior tilt in pelvis
- Neutral tilt in pelvis - Correct Answer - B
Which of the following muscle fibers run mainly horizontally?
- Rectus Abdominus
- Transversus Abdominus
- Internal Abdominal Oblique
- External Abdominal Oblique
- Obliques - Correct Answer - B
If the thoracic spine is flat, which of the following is present? 2 / 4
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- Lengthened
- Neutral
- Imprint - Correct Answer - A
What is not an anatomical structure?
- Obturator Foramen
- Obturator Externus
- Obturator Internus - Correct Answer - A
Rotation does not occur at which of the following joints:
- knee joint
- pelvis
- elbow joint
- spine - Correct Answer - C
Lordosis describes which of the following?
- An exaggerated curve in the lumbar spine
- A flat lumbar spine
- A hyper extended spine
D)A flexed thoracic spine - Correct Answer - A
Latissimus Dorsi is involved in all but which of the following?
- Extension
- Retraction
- Medially Rotates
- Flexion - Correct Answer - D
What are the muscle fibers doing during a concentric contraction? 3 / 4
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- Elongating
- Shortening
- Isometric - Correct Answer - B
Origin is typically
- Distal
- Proximal
- Medial - Correct Answer - B
Insertion is generally
- Medial
- Proximal
- Distal - Correct Answer - C
Axial of the skeleton is:
- Arms, hands, feet
- Hip, knee, feet
- Head, spine, rib cage - Correct Answer - C
Fixed joints are
- Skull and teeth
- fingers and feet
- elbows and knee - Correct Answer – A
Which muscle protracts the scapula?
- Latissimus Dorsi
- Serratus Anterior
- Rhomboids
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