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| List of Illustrations | |
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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Origins of Movement | |
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| Bones, Muscles, and Movement | |
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| The Head and Its Central Role in Movement | |
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| Four-Footed Animals and the Role of Posture in Movement | |
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| Our Upright Design | |
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| Upright Posture and the Evolution of Intelligence | |
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| Upright Support-Part I: The Extensors | |
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| The Extensors | |
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| Stretch Reflexes | |
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| The Head and Spine | |
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| Head Balance | |
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| Upright Support-Part II: The Flexors | |
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| Flexors and Our Basic Body Design | |
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| The Suspensory Function of the Flexors | |
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| Front Length and Head Balance | |
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| Upright Support-Part III: The Spine | |
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| The Central Column | |
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| Origins of the Human Spine | |
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| Upright Posture and the Spinal Curves | |
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| The Spine as Lengthening Device | |
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| The Shoulder Girdle | |
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| The Mobile Cross-Piece | |
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| The Yard-Arm | |
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| From Fins to Limbs | |
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| The Floating Shoulder Girdle | |
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| The Upper Limb | |
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| The Basic Limb Pattern | |
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| Modes of Positioning the Hand | |
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| The Rotation Mechanism of the Forearm | |
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| The Hand | |
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| The Opposable Thumb | |
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| The Relation of the Upper Limb to the Shoulder and Trunk | |
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| The Pelvic Girdle | |
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| The Design of the Pelvis | |
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| The Upright Compromise | |
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| The Arch Design of the Pelvis | |
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| The Pelvis in Relation to Lengthening in Stature | |
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| The Lower Limb | |
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| The Weight-Bearing Limb | |
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| The Ankle Joint | |
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| The Foot Joints | |
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| The Arched Foot | |
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| The Toes | |
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| Length in the Legs | |
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| Our Two-Footed Poise | |
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| Breathing | |
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| Why and How We Breathe | |
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| The Anatomy of Breathing | |
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| The Suspensory Support of the Trunk | |
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| Widening the Back | |
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| Breathing and Our Upright Design | |
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| The Voice | |
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| How We Produce Sound | |
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| Closure of the Vocal Folds | |
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| The Suspensory Muscles of the Larynx | |
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| The Larynx and the Breath | |
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| The Larynx and the Brain | |
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| The Suspensory Muscles of the Throat | |
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| The Suspended Throat | |
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| Depressing the Larynx | |
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| The Throat and Upright Poise | |
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| The "Open Throat" | |
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| The Jaw | |
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| Head Balance Revised | |
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| The Spiral Musculature | |
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| Rotational Movement and Our Upright Design | |
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| The Evolution of Spiral Muscles | |
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| Rotational Movement and the Use of the Arms | |
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| Anatomy of the Spiral Musculature | |
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| Postural Twists | |
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| The Suspended Trunk: Our Fishy Ancestry | |
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| Our Double-Helix Architecture | |
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| Lengthening into the Spirals | |
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| The Miracle of the Human Form | |
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| Our Upright Suspension System | |
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| Our Unique Design Features | |
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| Our Higher-Order Design | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Author and Illustrator | |