Monday, September 8, 2008

Stooges in the Anatomy Dept

OK, you guys did a good job acting as my research assistants in the Anatomy Department - I was most impressed with the Chinese to French translation of Latin names (via Tony and Virginie).

Anyway, here's what we covered today, and your chance to win the coveted Mars Bar if you get the answer at the end right:

PELVIC GIRDLE
Innominate (coxal)/hip bone = ischium, ilium and pubis
Sacrum (+ coccyx – fused)
Also the ligaments binding these structures together and sacral iliac joints (X2) and symphysis pubis (X1)

Know the shape and construction of this “bowl” well, because it is the seat of our stability.

MUSCLE GROUPS OF THE LOWER EXTREMITIES that we looked at today
1. Short rotators
2. Abductors / Adductors
3. Hip flexors

Know the limb/trunk movements related to each group, and the muscles in each group.


QUESTION: The iliotibial tract (and tell me which group it belongs to, and why it is important to yogasana anatomy). Winner wins a Mars bar.

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