An anatomical exploration of the human body, accessibly written with 162 full-color illustrations for physical therapists, dancers, yoga teachers, and students

This comprehensive guide demonstrates the functions and evolution of specific body systems, explaining how they cooperate to form an upright, intelligent, tool-making marvel, capable of great technological and artistic achievement.

Enhanced with 162 beautifully rendered full-color illustrations, the book opens with an introduction to the origins of movement and a journey through time and evolution -- from fish to amphibian, quadruped to primate -- showing how humans became the preeminent moving beings on the planet. Further examining our upright support system, the book describes the purpose of:

? The extensors, flexors, and spine
? The importance of the shoulder girdle as a support structure for the arm
? The hands and upper limbs
? The pelvic girdle
? The feet and lower limbs
? Breathing
? The larynx and throat musculature
? The spiral musculature of the trunk

It is our upright posture that makes it possible for us to move in an infinite variety of ways, to manipulate objects, to form speech, and to perform the complex rotational movements that underlie many of our most sophisticated skills. These systems, Dimon argues persuasively, have helped us build, invent, create art, explore the world, and imbue life with a contemplative, spiritual dimension that would otherwise not exist.

• We started tracking this book on January 3, 2013.
• This book was $9.99 when we started tracking it.
• The price of this book has changed 7 times in the past 4,418 days.
• The current price of this book is $8.99 last checked 4 hours ago.
• This book is at its lowest price in the past 90 days.
• This lowest price this book has been offered at in the past year is $1.99.
• The lowest price to date was $1.99 last reached on October 24, 2023.
• This book has been $1.99 one time since we started tracking it.
• The highest price to date was $12.99 last reached on October 27, 2023.
• This book has been $12.99 2 times since we started tracking it.

• Medical eBooks

• Text-to-Speech: Disabled
• Lending: Disabled
• Print Length: 129 Pages
• File Size: 66,408 KB