YTT anatomy 3

Question 1

tensegrity

Answer 1

push/pull concept of levity described by Buckminster Fuller

• strain compression structure/strain distribution structure
• tensional integrity or floating compression
• a structural principle where differentiated components exist in compression inside a connected web of tension. the compressed components (in the body’s case-bones) do not touch one another and the stressed/tensed components (muscles, fascia, tendons) combine to create levity inside of the system

the more stress 7 strain - the more energy we distribute through it - the stronger the bone is.

Question 2

hypermobility

Answer 2

overly flexible in the ligaments

the joints do not provide an aligned boundary and can move beyond their range causing lengthened & long muscles

Question 3

hypo mobility

Answer 3

restricted mobility due to tight ligaments or shortened fascia restrictions

Question 4

what are the layers?

Answer 4

skin (third lung)
fats (lipids) supports internal sliding & shifting
fascia/extra cellular matrix most abundant tissue in body
tendons, bone, ligaments, joints, muscles, nervous system

Question 5

what do ligaments do?

Answer 5

connect bone to bone (also are suspensory organs) connect organ to organ - or organ to muscle. Also allow organs to move

Question 6

what is the autonomic nervous system?

Answer 6

automatic responses
sympathetic (flight or flight) release of adreneline, blood rushing to muscles, vaso contriction, pupil dilation
parasympathetic (rest, repose, digest, repair)

Question 7

what is the dorsal hinge?

Answer 7

T9

Question 8

what is piezoelectricity?

Answer 8

self generated electricity

Question 9

what is fascia made of?

Answer 9

fibroblasts

Question 10

what is fascia?

Answer 10

aka extra cellular matrix
goes through everything - even bone/DNA
allows for movement & flow
connects muscle to bone
supports organs
differentiates muscles
forms tendons/ligaments

Question 11

what is interstilical space?

Answer 11

space between everything

negative space - intersticial fluid flows through it - (chi)

Question 12

what kinds of muscles are in your nervous system?

Answer 12

skeletal=both systems/voluntary (movement & posture)
smooth-autonomic involuntary in organs
cardiac-autonomic involuntary in heart

Question 13

what is a muscle?

Answer 13

a layer that initates movement - one muscle in the body /608 pockets
always cross a joint

Question 14

What does the heart do?

Answer 14

spins the blood

full expression is of all arteries, veins & capillaries (like a tree with branches)

Question 15

Capillaries

Answer 15

there is a capillary within two cell widths of every cell

also flows into interstilicial space bringing nutrients, T-cells

Question 16

arteries

Answer 16

oxygenated blood - coming from the heart

Question 17

veins?

Answer 17

carries blood back to the heart

Question 18

Talk about lymph system

Answer 18

cleans up, dumps back into the blood stream (via the kidneys & liver)
no pump - yoga is good for moving lymph around

Question 19

Talk about heart system

Answer 19

all these nutrients enter the interstilicial space - the more these nutrients can flow the better the ability we have to heal ourselves
also cleans out debris
more space = more movement

Question 20

What is the big picture re: vascular system/lymph system?

Answer 20

heart>vascular system/>interstitial space/>lymph system/>vascular system>heart
The blood feeds the interstitial space (what cells need to repair or regenerate)
lymph system cleans the interstitial fluid and brings back to the blood stream

If there isn’t flow - can cause stagnancy & infection

Question 21

what does ‘its’ mean?

Answer 21

swelling of-often can be healed by balancing the locked long & short patterns of the body

Question 22

info about spine

Answer 22

filled w cerebral spinal fluid
closed system
flows from sacrum to brain

Question 23

benefits of yoga on body

Answer 23

pump for lymph system
opens connective tissue/muscles so the nervous system can release from the myofascial system
can use breath to open the body in a way that the body can use immediately
balance nervous system, change threshold to slowly release sympathitic state

Question 24

what does the nervous system do?

Answer 24

brain, spinal cord & nerves
collects, transfers and processes information
peripheral nervous system (autonomic & somatic)

mind throughout the body (like tree branches)
more neural ganglia in small intestine than anywhere else

Question 25

how many vertabrae?

Answer 25

7 (c), 12 (T) 5 (L)

Question 26

how many vertabrae?

Answer 26

7 (c), 12 (T) 5 (L)

Question 27

how many vertabrae?

Answer 27

7 (c), 12 (T) 5 (L)

Question 28

what are the four pillars?

Answer 28

2 psoas & 2 erector spinae

Question 29

what are the four pillars?

Answer 29

2 psoas & 2 erector spinae

Question 30

what are the four pillars?

Answer 30

2 psoas & 2 erector spinae

Question 31

how many vertabrae?

Answer 31

7 (c), 12 (T) 5 (L)

Question 32

how many vertabrae?

Answer 32

7 (c), 12 (T) 5 (L)

Question 33

what are the four pillars?

Answer 33

2 psoas & 2 erector spinae

Question 34

what are the four pillars?

Answer 34

2 psoas & 2 erector spinae

Question 35

how many vertabrae?

Answer 35

7 (c), 12 (T) 5 (L)

Question 36

what are the four pillars?

Answer 36

2 psoas & 2 erector spinae

Question 37

how many vertabrae?

Answer 37

7 (c), 12 (T) 5 (L)

Question 38

what are the four pillars?

Answer 38

2 psoas & 2 erector spinae

Question 39

pelvis like a propeller?

Answer 39

illium, iscium,pubis

Question 40

what is the function of the sacrum?

Answer 40

fulcrum for the pelvis (in relationship to the spine)

Question 41

what makes up the shoulder girdle?

Answer 41

scapulae, clavicles and sternum

Question 42

what makes up the hamstrings?

Answer 42

biceps femoris, semimembranosis & semitendinosus

Question 43

what makes up the quadriceps?

Answer 43

quadriceps femoris & sartorius

Question 44

what makes up the knee?

Answer 44

collaterall ligaments, cruciate ligaments, the patella, the menisci and synovial joint

Question 45

what is the patella?

Answer 45

knee - the largest sesamoid bone in the body - rests in the pateller tendon - protects the quadriceps tendon as it slides over th eknee - also aids in tracking the tendon

Question 46

talk about the peripheral nervous system

Answer 46

autonomic: involuntary
sympathetic
parasympathetic
somatic:voluntary

Question 47

what is the autonomic ns?

Answer 47

sympathetic: fight or flight
parasympathetic: protection, conservation and restoration of body resources

Question 48

Circulatory system

Answer 48

heart, blood vessels and blood

transports nutrients & gases to the tissues of the body

Question 49

Talk about prenatal adaptations

Answer 49

pay attention to the joints and don’t overstretch
keep pelvis stable & compact
twists:open twist instead of deep twists
wider stances can be good
avoid jumps
avoid pranayama w/ breath retention or rapid breathing
subsitute legs up wall for inversions
avoid deep backbends and ab work
in latter stages aviod laying on belly or back
avoid hot yoga

Question 50

Function of pelvis?

Answer 50

support and passageway

Question 51

Function of pelvic floor?

Answer 51

support organs of teh lower pelvis (bladder/rectum/uterus/prostate) lower abdomen
and serve as passageway

Question 52

What does strengthening the pelvis floor mean?

Answer 52

using our muscles in an efficient and functional way
relaxing as well as exercising (w/out putting pressure/breath retention).
Relaxing during elimination is important.

Question 53

What are the four parts of the breath?

Answer 53

puraka (inhale) pitcher filling
antar khumbaka (retention at the top of breath) pause
rechaka (exhale)
Bahya Khumbaka (retention at the bottom of breath) pause

Question 54

How are the breath and prana linked?

Answer 54

breath is the vehicle, prana is the passenger

Question 55

What are the only functions that are both somatic & autonomatic?

Answer 55

blinking & breathing