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Change in the Skull
Foramen Magnum
-Big hole
-Where the spinal cord leaves the skull
Position moved
-Forward
-Brain Reorganized
Spine
Quadrupeds = c-shaped
Bipeds = 2 curves
-S-shaped
Vertebral Column
Neck region
Ribs
Lower Back
Pelvis
Neck region
-Cervical vertebrae
-Curve
--Kyphosis
Ribs
Thoracic region
Lower back
Lumbar
Another curve
-Lordosis
Pelvis
Ilium
Ischium
Pubis
Ilium
Hip bones
Ischium
What you sit on
Pubis
In the front
How did the pelvis have to change to allow us to become bipeds?
Dramatically... lol
Shortened Ilia and curve them
Shorten Pubis
Lower limb
Lengthens femoral neck
Bicondylar angle
Valgus Knee
Knees fully extend
Bicondylar Angle
-9-12 degrees
Valguc Knee
Knees point inward
Foot
Toes in line with the others.
Adducted big toe and make it bigger.
Longitudinal arch - heel to toe.
Transverse arch - side to side.
Muscles that are affected?
Gluteal Muscles
2 kinds of Gluteal Muscles?
Anterior Gluteals
Gluteus Maximus
Anterior Gluteals
Gluteus minimus
Gluteas medius
Keeps you from falling to the side
Gluteus Maximus
Keeps you from pitching forward