Practice Exam

1. Skeletal muscles are often named by what factors?

2. The frontal plane explains the division of the body between front and back.

3. What are some benefits to flexibility?

4. Which of the three planes of motion describe dividing the body into top and bottom?

5. The single leg stretch is a core exercise.

6. What is the role of an agonist muscle?

7. Poor posture has an impact on the biomechanics of the body.

8. Quadriceps are a primary mover (agonist) in a leg extension. What is the antagonist muscle?

9. Muscles have the capacity to increase how far?

10. Which of these are fundamental Pilates principles?

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