Normally, it decreases somewhat when a person changes from recumbent to upright position.
The stele of Mr. Kurtag's title refers to upright monuments, more often than not memorials to the dead.
Their ankles became grotesquely short and compact — "almost elephantine," Hutchinson said — and their postures shifted from horizontal to upright.
The human upper limb has retained an overall generalized structure, with its details adapted to upright existence.
For an account of the human muscle system as it relates to upright posture, see muscle system, human.
They've raced everything from power drills and grinders to upright vacuum cleaners, leaf blowers, chain saws and even the occasional fire extinguisher.
Returning to upright position, Ms. Gray became jumpy, stalking the corners of the stage in a dynamic but rather scattered blur.
Made of polyethylene with a hidden cast-aluminum base (which allows for the "sway" and returns it to upright), it stands just over five feet tall.
