
Years of incorrect posture can modify your body - tightening some parts and weakening others Science of functions and phenomena of living organisms and their parts 1 It is a very strong cylindrical structure made up of several bones (hip bones, sacrum, & coccyx), associated muscles, and ligaments that connects the spine (and trunk) to the legs. In the bowl of the pelvis which supports the organs. The pelvic floor is a horizontal diaphram formed of ligaments and muscle tissue

Contracting both causes flexion of the trunk. 4Ĭontracting one side causes side bending or rotation on the same side. They arise from Poupart’s ligament, the iliac crest, and lumar fascia and attaches either horizontally into th e linea alba or upward and inwards into the aponeurosis which divides the Rectus abdominis.

2Īlso known as the ascending obliques these are under the Obliquus Externus but over the Transversalis abdominis. 4Ĭontracting one side causes side bending or rotation on the opposite side. To an aponeurosis that stretches across the front of the abdomen. Lower ribs and attach either straight down to the iliac crest to diagonally across Most superficial layer of abdominal muscle. Superficial abdominal muscles that lie over the Transversalis abdominis and run in an oblique line around the side of the trunk.Īlso known as the descending obliques these are the largest and In neutral the anterior hip bone is slightly lower than the posterior superior iliac spine 9 The position where the pelvis is neither tilted neither forward or back. Cover ligaments, bones, and joints and permit movement by contracting. Help maintain the stability of the spine. 3ĭeep back muscles which span three levels of vertebrae. When weight is gained it tends to go to the waist and belly.

Tends to be inflexible but with high endurance. A body characterized by a muscular physique with wide shoulders.
