Ch. 1 - Dynamics of Breathing

Question 1

The human body, which is made up of roughly _______ cells, begins as _______ created cells

Answer 1

100 trillion

two newly

Question 2

What three parts does the cell consist of?

Answer 2

cell membrane
nucleus
cytoplasm

Question 3

_______ are the fundamental buildings blocks of life.

Answer 3

Cells

Question 4

_______ separates the cell’s internal environment.

Answer 4

Cell membrane

Question 5

A cell’s internal environment consists of _______ and _______

Answer 5

cypoplasm

nucleus

Question 6

After nutrients penetrate the membrane, they are _______ and turned into _______ that fuels a cell’s life functions.

Answer 6

metabolized

energy

Question 7

An unavoidable by-product of all metabolic activity is _______, which must get back out through the same membrane.

Answer 7

waste

Question 8

Any impairment to a cell’s ability to let nutrients in or let waste out results in _______ by _______ or _______

Answer 8

death
starvation
toxicity

Question 9

What are the two yogic concepts that relate to the cell’s basic functional activity?

Answer 9

Prana

Apana

Question 10

What are the concepts that relate to the structural properties of the membrance that support the cell’s function?

Answer 10

Sthira

Sukha

Question 11

Break down the Sanskrit term prana.

Answer 11

Pra - prefix meaning before

an - verb meaning to breath, to blow, to live

Question 12

What does prana refer to?

Answer 12

It refers to what nourishes a living thing, but it has also come to mean the action that brings the nourishment in.

Question 13

What Sanskrit term refers to the action that brings nourishment in?

Answer 13

Prana

Question 14

What universal term can be used to designate the manifestation of all creative life force?

Answer 14

Prana

Question 15

_______ can be used to designate the _______ of all _______ life force.

Answer 15

Prana
manifestation
creative

Question 16

_______ is the yogic concept that complements prana.

Answer 16

Apana

Question 17

Break down the word apana.

Answer 17

Apa - meaning away, off, down

an - verb meaning to breath, to blow, to live

Question 18

_______ refers to the waste that’s being eliminated as well as the action of elimination.

Answer 18

Apana

Question 19

_______ and _______ are the two fundamental yogic terms that encompass the essential functions of life on every level, from cell to organism

Answer 19

Prana

Apana

Question 20

_______ and _______ are expressions of funcion.

Answer 20

Prana

Apana

Question 21

_______ and _______ are the structural conditions that have to exist in a cell in order for nutrition to enter and waste to exit.

Answer 21

Sthira

Sukha

Question 22

What are sthira and sukha a function of?

Answer 22

Membrane

Question 23

What is the cell’s membrane?

Answer 23

It’s a structure that must be just permeable enough to allow material to pass in and out.

Question 24

_______ means firm, hard, solid, compact, strong, unfluctuating, durable, lasting or permanent.

Answer 24

Sthira

Question 25

Break down sukha

Answer 25

Two roots:

su = good
kha = space

It means easy, pleasant, agreeable, gentle, and mild

Question 26

_______ refers to a state of well-being, free of obstacles

Answer 26

Sukha

Question 27

In a cell, as in all living things, the principle that balances permeability is _______.

Answer 27

stability

Question 28

_______ also means having a good axle hole, implying a space at the center that allows function.

Answer 28

Sukha