Bones

Question 1

Bone shapes

Answer 1

Long: provides leverage

Flat: provides protection and place for broad muscles to attach

Short: provide for weight bearing functions

Question 2

How do we access strength of the bones in Yoga postures?

Answer 2

Aligning the direction of the force of gravity along the major axis of the bones

Question 3

Which joints are ball and socket?

Answer 3

Shoulder: shallow socket designed for maximum range of motion

Hip: deep socket designed to support weight

Question 4

What is the axial skeleton?

Answer 4

Spinal column, cranium, and rib cage

Question 5

What is the appendicular skeleton?

Answer 5

The extremities.

It connects us to the world.

Lower extremities: connection to Earth
Upper extremities: our senses, connection to each other

Question 6

What is the shoulder girdle?

Answer 6

It is the yoke that connects the upper extremities to the axial skeleton

Seat if the brachial plexus, collection of nerves that, in association with the heart, forms the basis of the 4th and 5th chakras

Question 7

What is the shoulder girdle comprised of?

Answer 7

Scapula
Scapulothorasic joint
Clavicle
Sterniclavicular and acromioclavicular joints
Humerus
Glenohumeral joint

Question 8

What is the pelvic girdle?

Answer 8

Yoke that connects the lower extremities to the axial skeleton

Seat if the sacral plexus, collection of nerves that forms the basis for the 1st and 2nd chakras

Question 9

What is the pelvic girdle comprised of?

Answer 9

Iliac bones
Sacroiliac joint
Femur
Hip joint