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Test
yourself, December, 2001
This batch
of 10 questions almost entirely relate to breathing.
61. In the
prone boat posture, which one of the following muscles or muscle
groups is least active in helping to maintain the posture?
a) abdominal muscles
b) deep
back muscles
c) extensor muscles of the neck
d) respiratory diaphragm
e) hamstring
muscles
f) trapezius
muscles
62. Which one
of the following is never applicable to pneumothorax?
a) open
communication between atmosphere and the pleural cavity
b) a knife wound that penetrates the chest wall
c) inability of the muscles of respiration to pull air into the
lungs
d) paralysis of the muscles of the larynx
e) equilibration of pressure in the pleural cavity with atmospheric
pressure
f) leakage of air from the alveoli through the visceral pleura into
the pleural cavity (characteristic of certain disease processes)
63. Assuming
the practices listed below are being done correctly, in which one
is the respiratory diaphragm relatively inactive?
a) fire
exercise
b) uddiyana
bandha
c) sitting
boats
d) peacock
e) supine
double leglift
64. Do the
following standing postures, and arrange them in order on the basis
of how active the respiratory diaphragm is in each posture (from
least active to most active) for you personally.
a) whole-body standing backbend
b) standing forward bend
c) standing twist
d) revolving triangle
e) warrior II
65. Arrange
the following postures in order of tidal volumes (least to most),
that is, the volume of air you breathe in and out normally in each
posture.
a) stretched-out
crocodile
b) peacock
c) upward-facing
dog
d) classic
cobra, with maximum inhalation
e) cat
stretch, with maximum inhalation and maximum exhalation
f) camel
66. Arrange
the following postures in increasing order of intra-abdominal pressure
(least to most).
a) advanced sitting forward bend
b) agni sara
c) nauli madhyama
d) uddiyana bandha
e) supine double leglift, with lower extremities at a 45 degree
angle from the torso
f) peacock
g) corpse
pose
67. Again,
arrange the following postures in increasing order of intra-abdominal
pressure (least to most).
a) supine twist with both knees dropped all the way to the floor
on one side
b) supine twist with knees straight and held 45 degrees to one side
c) half spinal twist with both feet tucked in and upraised thigh
tightly against the abdomen
d) standing twisted backbend with thighs abducted
e) full spinal twist
f) simple cross-legged sitting twist
g) preparatory
pose to half spinal twist pulling upraised thigh in with the forearm
rather than with the back of the arm
68. Arrange
the following postures in order of increasing functional residual
capacities. (Recall that the functional residual capacity is the
amount of air left in the lungs after an ordinary exhalation in
any given posture, and that by definition it is the sum of the residual
volume and expiratory reserve volume.)
a) headstand
b) stage
one (version one) of the plow
c) stage three (version three) of the plow
d) agni sara in the headstand
e) classic shoulderstand
f) lifted
shoulderstand
g) lifted plow
69. Arrange
the following practices and/or postures with respect to increasing
aerobic demands, using your personal experience as the main guide.
a) headstand
b) classic
shoulderstand
c) plow
pose (second version)
d) lifted
shoulderstand
e) lifted
plow
f) mountain
pose
g) warrior
II
h) warrior
I
i) a
dozen sun salutations
j) running
up 10 flights of stairs as fast as you can
k) extended
lateral angle pose
l) revolving
extended lateral angle pose
m) triangle
n) revolving
triangle
o) beginning
crocodile
p) corpse
pose, after a few minutes of relaxation
70. Again using
your personal experience as a guide, arrange the following postures
in order that relates to increasing difficulty in breathing evenly,
that is in a perfectly elliptical pattern (or as a cosine wave as
shown in the various breathing charts in Anatomy of Hatha Yoga).
a) friendship pose (sitting in a chair)
b) adamantine
pose on a bench
c) easy
pose
d) auspicious
pose
e) accomplished
pose
f) lotus
pose
g) mountain
pose
h) headstand
i) shoulderstand
j) warrior II
k) warrior I
l) peacock
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