Week One Flashcards
Yoga will directly work with which four body systems
Yoga will directly work with the muscular, skeletal, respiratory and nervous
Yoga will Indirectly work with what seven body systems
circulatory, digestive, endocrine, immune, lymphatic, reproductive and urinary
The body is made up of how many muscles
About 640-850 depending how you count them
How many bones in the Skeletal System, in how many parts and their names ?
206 bones. Two parts, axial 80 bones. Appendicular - 26 bones
Central Nervous system consists of what?
Spinal cord and brain.
Peripheral nervous system does what?
It connects to tissues and controls voluntary and involuntary movement.
Medial
Toward the midline
Lateral
Away from the midline
Superior
Towards the head
Inferior
Away from the head
Proximal
Closer to the trunk
Distal
Further from the trunk
Anterior
On or toward the front of the body
Posterior
On or toward the back of the body
What are the Anatomical Planes?
Sagittal Plane
Coronal plane
Transverse plane
Sagittal Plane
Divides left and right (front to back flexion & extension) Walking
Coronal plane
Divides front and back (vertically through the body, front and back) warrior
Transverse plane
Divides head to feet (superior & inferior, movement is about rotation) pigeon pose
Three Type of muscle contractions?
Isometric
Concentric
Eccentric
Isometric
Generates power without movement (holds) ie crow, plank, warrior