Anatomy of Yoga - Foundations
Anatomy of Yoga Quiz
Test your knowledge of the anatomical foundations of yoga with this engaging quiz! Understand the relationships between muscles, joints, and poses as you dive into essential concepts that can enhance your practice.
- Learn about the stretch reflex and muscle interactions.
- Explore the anatomical positions of key yoga postures.
- Perfect for yoga practitioners, teachers, and enthusiasts!
The stretch reflex is the nervous system's way of protecting itself against injury, creating the feeling of "tightness" to prevent you from going further. The stretch reflex can be inhibited through a process called:
Reciprocal Inhibition (RI)
Eating a bag of chips (EBC)
Injuring yourself
Agonist and antagonist relationships are integral to understanding movement. In a standing forward bend that stretches the hamstrings like uttanasana, the quadriceps are the agonist, and the antagonist is the:
Shoulder
Hamstrings
Six-pack
The agonist contracts to inhibit the Stretch Reflex... As this happens, the antagonist is
Annoyed
Lengthened
Samasthiti (mountain pose) is similar to the anatomical position. The main difference is that that shoulders are externally rotated in anatomical position.
True.
False.
When determining joint positions, the common-practice is to start from anatomical position.
True.
False.
Co-activations of opposing muscle groups can help bones fit together more congruently in the joints
True.
False.
In a lunge position, the position of the back leg hip is:
Hip Extension
Hip Flexion
In warrior 2 (virabhadrasana) the shoulders are:
Adducted (added to the midline)
Abducted (by aliens)
In downward dog the shoulder position is:
Shoulder Flexion
Shoulder Extension
In Warrior 1, the shoulder position is:
Shoulder Flexion
Shoulder Extension
In Extended Triangle (trikonasana A), the position of the front leg hip is
Internal Rotation
External Rotation
How many vertebrea are in the cervical spine (neck)?
3
5
7
9
How many vertebrea are in the thoracic spine?
5
9
12
How many vertebrea are in the lumbar spine?
5
7
12
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