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Massage Therapy Vocab

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1. 5 fused vertebrae
What is the sacroiliac joint
the sacrum is made up of...
Action of Teres Minor
Muscles of Inhilation

2. Origin & insertion moving together
The coccyx is...
Rotator cuff does not include this muscle
Most common joint
Concentric Contraction

3. They ABduct
Originates at Sternum & clavical -Inserts to Mastoid Process
what muscles twist the the trunk
Muscles on the lateral side usually do what
Eversion

4. Atlanto axial
C2 is what
Entrapment
Trapezius Can't Do this
Acromioclavicular joint

5. Assists Prime mover
Order of wrist joints
Trapezius Can't Do this
Synergist
Inversion

6. Flexion and ADduction of Humerus
Action of Coricobrachialis
Synergist to Supraspinalis
Elbow joints
Most common joint

7. Usually on opposite sides from each other
Action of Serratus Anterior
The coccyx is...
Muscles of Expiration
gonist and Antagonist

8. Traps -SCM -temporalis -semispenalis capititis/cervicis/longissimus
Retraction
Headache muscles
Action of Rhomboids
Action of Pectoralis Minor

9. Atlanto Occipital
postural muscles
Originates at Sternum & clavical -Inserts to Mastoid Process
C1 is what
Action of Rhomboids

10. At the ends of articulating bones covered by Hayaline cartilage and sepparated by Synovial fluid
shoulder joint
Headache muscles
Synovial joint is...
What is the sacroiliac joint

11. Clavical -Manubrium -Scapula
Action of Pectoralis Minor
Bony landmark of elbow/humerus
Shoulder girdle bones/Landmarks
Eccentric Contraction

12. Bone pushing on nerve
Action of Teres Major
Action of Subscapularis
compresion of nerve
Concentric Contraction

13. Short term -Powerful -Tire easily
A.S.I.S is important for what
Action of Subclavius
Extensors generally Attach
Phasic Muscles

14. Prime Mover
Agonist
Action of Pectoralis Minor
SCM Name
What muscles are deepest to the spine

15. Serratus Anterior
Action of Pectoralis Major
Action of Infraspinatus
Origin of Levator scapula
Agonist to Rhomboids

16. Medial
Flexor gererally Attach
TMJ Muscles
false ribs are where
Muscles on the medial side usually do what

17. Slight Free movement yes/no side/side & diagonaly
Action of Teres Minor
Shoulder girdle bones/Landmarks
Spinal cord Nerve holes
Action of Atlanto-Occipital Joint

18. Lateral
Muscles of Expiration
why is shoulder so prone to injury
Action of Teres Minor
Extensors generally Attach

19. A holding balancing contraction no movement
Rotator Cuff Muscles
Isometric Contraction
Eccentric Contraction
Insertion of Levator scapula

20. Elevation -Downward rotation of scapula
Erector Spinae Group
Eversion
the sacrum is made up of...
Action of Levator Scapula

21. Semispinalis Multifidus
Axial Skeleton
Transversospinalis Group
Flexor gererally Attach
Action of Levator Scapula

22. Epicondile-o-humerus medial & lateral
Action of Teres Minor
Splenius Capitus/Splenius Cerisis Do what
# of Lumbar vertebrae
Bony landmark of elbow/humerus

23. Superficial
SCM Name
Superficialis
Insertion of Levator scapula
Headache muscles

24. Lateral rotation -Extension of Humerus
Action of Teres Major
A.S.I.S is important for what
Action of Infraspinatus
3 Bones of Pelvis

25. Backward
C1 is what
Action of Teres Major
Retraction
Shoulder girdle bones/Landmarks

26. Scalenes
What is Synergistic to SCM
Extensors generally Attach
Phasic Muscles
gonist and Antagonist

27. Clavical/shoulder joint
Splenius Capitus/Splenius Cerisis Do what
Acromioclavicular joint
Concentric Contraction
Most common joint

28. Protraction -depression -Downward Rotation of scapula
why is curvature of spine so important
Action of Pectoralis Minor
The coccyx is...
gonist and Antagonist

29. Iliocostalis -Longissimus -Spinalis
Muscles of the scapula
Erector Spinae Group
3 Bones of Pelvis
Action of Rhomboids

30. Glenoid Fossa
Rotator cuff does not include this muscle
why is curvature of spine so important
Carpal tunnel Nerve
Socket of glenohumeral joint is called...

31. Glenohumeral
gonist and Antagonist
shoulder joint
C1 is what
Action of Rhomboids

32. Five 5
Flexor gererally Attach
# of Lumbar vertebrae
Socket of glenohumeral joint is called...
Agonist to Rhomboids

33. Stabalizes clavical
Protraction
Tight Pec muscles Cause
Action of Subclavius
Acromioclavicular joint

34. Retraction of scapula
Action of Pectoralis Minor
Action of Rhomboids
Axial Skeleton
# of thorasic vertebrae

35. Extend -Rotate -Horrizontal ABduction -Abduction( 90 Deg's)Of Humerus
Action of Subclavius
Action of Deltoids
Superficialis
what do the Splenius muscled do

36. Thoracolumbar and Nuchael Faschia
Erector Spinae Faschia
C2 is what
what do the Splenius muscled do
Action of Coricobrachialis

37. Deep
Spine Bony Landmarks
Action of Levator scapula
Profundus
Tight Pec muscles Cause

38. Muscles squeezing nerves
Action of Infraspinatus
Entrapment
Muscles of Mastication
Atlantoaxial joint Action

39. Scalenes.Pec Minor -SCM -Diaphram -external intercostals -Serratus Posterior Superior
Muscles of Inhilation
Action of Infraspinatus
why is shoulder so prone to injury
Profundus

40. Anterior Inferior Iliac Spine
A.I.I.S
Action of Rhomboids
Shoulder girdle bones/Landmarks
where does trapezius Originate

41. Median nerve
Insertion of Levator scapula
Carpal tunnel Nerve
What is the sacroiliac joint
what do the Splenius muscled do

42. Lateral end of spine-o-scapula forms top of shoulder
Trapezius Can't Do this
A.I.I.S
Action of latissimus dorsi
Acromion process location

43. Rhomboids Major & Minor
gonist and Antagonist
Headache muscles
Synovial joint is...
What muscles retracts and moves scapula (slightly) upward

44. Foramen
TMJ Muscles
Oblique muscles actions
Action of Supraspinatus
Spinal cord Nerve holes

45. Bilateral -unilateral flexion and rotation
Most common joint
Deltoids CAN'T do what
Originates at Sternum & clavical -Inserts to Mastoid Process
Splenius Capitus/Splenius Cerisis Do what

46. Lateral Rotation - Extension of Humerus
Oblique muscles actions
Action of Teres Minor
Rotator cuff does not include this muscle
Most common joint

47. ADduct

48. Medial rotation of Humerus
# of thorasic vertebrae
Action of Subscapularis
Synovial joint is...
Splenius Capitus/Splenius Cerisis Do what

49. Rotation & Lateral Flexion of head and neck
Rotator Cuff Muscles
Action of Levator scapula
Action of Teres Major
what do the Splenius muscled do

50. Rotate
Oblique muscles actions
Concentric Contraction
Action of Coricobrachialis
Socket of glenohumeral joint is called...