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The Muscular System
Yoga · Chapter 2 · Section I: Human Biology
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- Types of muscles: cardiac, striated and smooth
- Contraction, extension and muscle tone; muscle tone and posture
- Attachment of muscles to bones by tendons; how muscles produce movement; agonist and antagonist muscles
- Important muscles: trapezius, deltoid, biceps, triceps, pectorals, intercostals, abdominals (rectus abdominis, obliques, transversus), paraspinal muscles, gluteals, hamstrings, quadriceps, adductors and the diaphragm
- Importance of good posture; effects of poor posture