Sentences with phrase «midline of»

The gray whale also lacks a dorsal fin, instead bearing 6 to 12 dorsal crenulations («knuckles»), which are raised bumps on the midline of its rear quarter, leading to the flukes.

It should be applied topically along the midline of the back in a narrow strip between the shoulders and tailhead.

These tumors are usually found under the skin along the ventral (lower) midline of the abdomen and limbs.

Massage — Relax your dog onto his back and gently massage the midline of the stomach, and yes, it does help to coo and talk calmly!

Scabs which are found along the midline of the back and around the neck, and which then progress to cover the entire body, suggest an allergy to fleas.

An incision is made on the midline of the abdomen, and the three points where the ovaries and uterus attaches are tied off and cut.

A dermoid sinus is a tube - shaped channel that starts on the surface of an affected puppy's skin (usually along the midline of the neck or back) and extends downward toward the spinal canal.

A large incision is made on the midline of the abdomen to allow adequate access to the liver, gall bladder, bile ducts, and intestines.

For predator species, their eyes are located more towards the midline of the face so that they have a better perception of depth hence a more precise appreciation of where the prey is.

You will know if you have this separation if you notice a bulging out or doming in the midline of your abdomen when you do activities.

Abductors, found more on the outside line of the leg, are muscles that take the leg away from the midline of the body — they abduct it, like a kidnapper.

Since you work the adductor inner thigh muscles as you use them to bring the leg in toward the midline of the body, adding resistance to that process challenges the muscles more.

# 5 Learn how to assess your abs — Diastasis Recti refers to separation of the 6 pack layer of your abs & the stretching of the connective tissue that runs down the midline of the body called your linea alba.

In many cases, the explanation for this difference in difficulty across the exercise ROM can be quickly and obviously attributed to the position of the load in relation to the midline of the body in the sagittal plane (called the external moment arm length).

Start with a vertical jump stance and the bar over the midline of your foot (for conventional stance lifters)

If you have a left lumbar or double curve, push with the left hand to bring the left side of the lower back and waist back toward the midline of your body.

These lie in the midline of the body and are protected by the skull and vertebrae respectively.

Bring the right ribs in toward the midline of your body.

Keep your balance and rotate your lower leg in toward the midline of your body as far as you can.

Turn your left foot slightly in toward the midline of your body.

«Ancient Vedic (the oldest known Sanskrit literature) knowledge tells us that we have a vital energy called prana moving through the energy channels in the midline of the body, with each chakra, or center of energy, identifying a core human need,» says Candice Covington, a certified aromatherapist, massage therapist, and energy worker at The Chopra Center in Carlsbad, California.

Ground down through the feet and press firmly into the outer edges to allow the inner thighs to outwardly rotate, away from the midline of your body.

When you bring your arms back toward the midline of your body, focus on using your pec muscles to draw them back together.

When the feet pronate, the ankles should also roll in, which helps rotate the lower leg, knee and thigh toward the midline of the body.

The next variation targets the abductors (the muscles that bring the leg away from the midline of the body... in this case, the gluteus medius and minimus muscles).

3) Now elongate through the midline of each cylinder.

Lay the midline of your torso (from the pubis to the sternum) down on the midline of the right thigh (from the knee to the hip crease) and bring your hands to your right knee, right hand to the outer knee, left hand to the inner.

If you are in your late second or third trimester and you notice any doming in the midline of your belly, this is the abdominal muscles separating.

And I am especially in favor of crossing the midline of the body in my 1st grade classroom to spell words and so on!

Crossing midline of the body with the arms and legs stimulates your brain and nervous system for optimal control.

Straighten your left leg and pull your right leg across the midline of your body to the left side, with minimal twisting in your spine.

The rectus abdominis is the muscle group that runs along the midline of your body, from the rib cage down to your pelvis.

For example, make sure the knees do not cave inward toward the midline of the body during a simple squat.

Grasp the dumbbells firmly in both hands, leaving the palms turned in towards the midline of the body

From here, bring the midline of your torso (from the pubis to the sternum) half way down.

If they turn away from the midline of the body (lateral rotation), your biceps femoris is too strong for your semitendinosus and semimembranosus.

When there's no integrity between these core muscles because of DR, the midline of your abs doesn't hold tension when you gently lift your head and bring it towards your chest.

Gaze at your right foot as you shift your lower abdomen and then your ribs to the right to align the midline of your torso with your right leg.

The aim is to have the hips turned all the way to the right so the midline of the torso is aligned with the right leg, as it was in Janu Sirsasana.

When these muscles contract, they bring the thighbone toward the midline of the body.

The reason dextro is most common is that the body instinctively avoids the heart which is located to the left of the midline of the torso.

By bringing the dumbbells in at the top, not only do you isolate the pecs (as opposed to the anterior deltoids) better than in the barbell incline press, but you also stimulate those inner fibers near the midline of your upper chest, to really bring out that pec separation line.

Shift your hips toward the left edge of your mat and allow your knees to drop across the midline of your body to the right.

-- The arms are raised with a shoulder abduction (Lateral movement away from the midline of the body) instead of rotation.

As a whole (all heads working together), the pectoralis major assists adduction (lowering upper arm from side raise position to the midline of the body), medial rotation (rotating upper arm forward or inward to the midline of the body) and horizontal flexion (moving the upper arm from a side raise position to the front of the body).

In pull ups, the arms are pulled downwards and into the midline of the body — a movement called shoulder adduction.

The rear delts are involved in lateral movement away from the midline of the body in a horizontal plane; moving the upper arm away from the chest with the elbows out to the sides.

The DU meridian starts below the tip of the tailbone and runs up the midline of the body, over the head and ends on the inside of the upper lip where the frenulum joins the upper lip and gum.

Keep your knee in a bent position and lift your knee away from the midline of your body towards the ceiling.

Horizontal adduction (drawing the arm across the body) is the only movement that involves the entire pectoralis major, but when you're holding a barbell you're locked into a limited amount of horizontal adduction, which means that your upper arm is limited in how much it can move towards the midline of your body.