This is the name given to the position that is maintained (anatomically speaking) for a long time, with respect to the environment in which the body is arranged. It is important to note that the term pose, often used synonymously with the word defined above, refers to that artificial body disposition, required according to the standards imposed by a third party, which is specified for artistic purposes; That is why s the a has granted a kind of exclusivity to the field of the arts and even marketing.
In a strict sense, the posture is the relation of the positions of all the corporal joints with the disposition of the extremities and the trunk. Among the body positions, we can highlight: standing (orthostatism or orthostasis), sitting (sitting) and lying down (clinoposition), from which are derived: face up (supine position), face down (prone position) and side (decubitus side). However, the postures are not only reduced to this, but are applied in hundreds of fields, to refer to some anatomical subjects with certain specificity; Thus, we can highlight the classic postures of childbirth, the postures that are adopted in the dream, the postures to eat or sit, in addition to the sexual postures.
The word posture can also be defined as the attitude, opinion or way of thinking that someone maintains on certain matters, topics, documents, among others. Usually this is built through life experiences, in addition to the knowledge and influence of dominant people in the reasoning of a being. Other concepts of the term refer both to the money delivered during auction bids and card games, the plants that are transplanted to favorable growth places, and to the action of birds when brooding.