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Upper body; scapular belt.

Anterior side. Pectoral muscles & deltoids.

The pectoral muscles are flat and cover the chest at the front from the middle of the ribcage ( in the “V” openning) to the 1/2 way the collarbone and it inserts 1/4 down the humerus. This muscle shapes the armpit wall at the front. 

The following illustrations show the pectorals placed over the ribcage and attached to the sternum, 2/3 of the clavicle and the ribs at the bottom. It gets inserted under the head of the humerus.

Next to it, at the end of the collarbone, we find the shoulder muscle, the deltoids. It covers all the shoulder from the front, sides and back, giving shape to the arm at the top. It inserts 1/3 down the arm on the side.

Shoulder belt structure.

The structure of the Clavicles and the scapulas is essential to define the top of the chest and shoulders. This is what we call the shoulder belt. It is a bony structure that starts at the front of the chest with the clavicles, folloing its connexion with the shoulder blades through the acromion and continuing with the spine of the scapula in the back.  This structure sits on the ribcage.

The scapulas add volume shapping the upper body in the back and sides due to the amount of muscles connected to it.  

Trapecious muscle

In a atletic person is clear the division betweeen muscle and ligament, but it is quite rare to see this in an average person. Usually we won’t be able to point the difference, although it is good to know how it works as it will help to understand what we see.

In the following illustrations we marked the muscles of the abdominal walls on a sample of an atletic male, and a female. 

 

Contraction and extension of the obliques depending of the pose.

Arqueo de la espalda.

posicion de los hombros en referencia a la caja tor’acica.

Cinturon escapular.

Movimiento de las escapulas

Ligamento inguinal, forma la base de la barriga

posici’on del hombligo

Como se conectan los oblicuos

Parte posterior:

Breve introduccion de la zona lumbar

trapecio

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Lower body; Connexion ribcage and pelvis

Anterior side. Abdominal walls.

The abdominal walls are a thin layer of muscles, one on top of each other and connected with ligament tussie. They seal the gap between the blocks from the back to front. They connect the bottom and front of the ribs with the Illiac crest and the pubic bone in the front. Between the pubic bone and the ASIS a thick ligament shapes the belly delimiting the end of it at the bottom and the beginning of the leg at the top. This ligament is called Inguinal ligament. 

In resting pose, the distance between the ribcage and the pelvis is about 1/4 of a head.  When the Ribcage flex over the Pelvis the distance can be reduced to the point the ribcage invades the space of the pelvis allowing the flexion. This is what is happening in the pose we are reviewing in this course. 

If we pay close attention to the aligment on the ASIS and the 8th rib, we will notice that in her right side, they almost align in a vertical line. However, in her left side, the ASIS is far away from aligning. This is because there is a flexion movement where the pelvis has been displaced to her left side. As a result of this, the right side will be extended while the left side will be compressed.

In a atletic person is clear the division betweeen muscle and ligament, but it is quite rare to see this in an average person. Usually we won’t be able to point the difference, although it is good to know how it works as it will help to understand what we see.

In the following illustrations we marked the muscles of the abdominal walls on a sample of an atletic male, and a female. 

 

Contraction and extension of the obliques depending of the pose.

Arqueo de la espalda.

posicion de los hombros en referencia a la caja tor’acica.

Cinturon escapular.

Movimiento de las escapulas

Ligamento inguinal, forma la base de la barriga

posici’on del hombligo

Como se conectan los oblicuos

Parte posterior:

Breve introduccion de la zona lumbar

trapecio

Posterior side. Spinal triceps

The back is governed by the vertebral spine starting at the base of the skull and moving down 34 vertebras ( 7 cervicals, 12 toracic and 5 lumbars ) until the end where it connects to the Sacrum, which is the connection between the spine and the pelvis. Parallel to the spine, we have a group of musles we simplify calling them Spinal triceps. 

They start at the bottom, very tight, compacted in a ligament tissue at the lumbar level. When they reach the ribcage they become more obvious until they get to the neck. at his level they blend with the volume of the neck creating an inner layer, under the trapecious muscle, the most superficial.

The spinal tricpes fill the gap of the ribcage between the spine and the ribs. This muscles extends the spine bringing the ribcage forward. 

Anterior side

The following illustrations show the pectorals placed over the ribcage and attached to the sternum, 2/3 of the clavicle and the ribs at the bottom. It gets inserted under the head of the humerus.
The structure of the Clavicles is essential to define the top of the chest and shoulders.

Pectoral muscles.

Upper side, Front.

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Meeting 25 March 2023; Lesson 1

We look at the course setup to familiarise ourselves: How it works and where to find all the information and resources inside the website.


We also start the first lesson and learn about proportions and balance. In this lesson, we will also learn how important it is to use the simplification of the figure to measure and find all the essential key points of the human figure before rendering it.

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