Bones Flashcards
Long bones
Provide leverage
Yoga accesses their potential to leverage to body deeper into postures
Flat bones
Provide protection and a place for muscles to attach
Yoga accesses their potential (and their accompanying core muscles) for stability
Short bones
Provide weight bearing functions
Yoga accesses their potential for our bodies to bear weight
The axial skeleton
Consists of the spinal column, cranium (skull), and rib cage
The spinal column
Protects the spinal cord
The axis around which the poses of yoga revolve
Spinal cord
Is the central energy channel or sushumna Nadi
The appendicular skeleton
Connects us with our world
Lower extremities of the appendicular skeleton
Our connection to earth
The upper extremities of the appendicular skeleton
In association with our senses, connects us to each other
Shoulder girdle
Is the yoke that connects the upper extremity to the axial skeleton
The should girdle is comprised of
Scapula Scapula thoracic joint Clavicle Sternoclavicular and acromioclavicular joints Humerus Glenohumeral joint
Pelvic girdle
Is the yoke that connects the lower extremities to the axial skeleton
The pelvic girdle consists of
Iliac bones
Sacroiliac joint
Femur (thigh bone)
Hip joint
The vertebral column comprises of
Cervical Thoracic Lumbar Sacrum Coccyx
Kyphosis
A convex curve of the spine (curves outward like a rugby ball)
