Reading Assignment Module 13

Read, watch the videos, and answer the questions in unit 4.

Reading Assignment in Chapter 6 of Functional Anatomy of Yoga:

• The Spine
• Landmarks: A Remarkable Design
• Tensegrity and the Structure of the Spine
• How the Curves of the Spine Add to its Structure
• The Spine as the Core of the Body
• Bones of the Spine
• Bony Landmarks
• Spinous Process
• Transverse Process
• Body of the Vertebra
• Vertebral Foramen
• Lumbar Structure and Movement
• Thoracic Structure and Movement
• Cervical Structure and Movement
• Muscles of the Spine
• Posterior Spinal Muscles
• Deepest Layers
• Abdominals
• Discs
• The Function of Discs

The structure of the spine

Ligaments of the spine

Structure and function of the vertebral discs

Where movement happens in the spine