Fundamentals of Anatomy & Physiology (11th Edition)
Fundamentals of Anatomy & Physiology (11th Edition)
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780134396026
Author: Frederic H. Martini, Judi L. Nath, Edwin F. Bartholomew
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 7, Problem 18RQ
Summary Introduction

To determine:

The importance to keep back straight while lifting a heavy object.

Introduction:

The body weight must be transferred along the “vertebral column” to hips and finally to lower limbs when a person stands. Nonetheless most of the weight of your body lies anterior to the “vertebral columns”. The different curves carry that weight along in line with the axis of body.

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