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Massage Therapy Vocab

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1. Prime Mover
SCM Name
Dorsiflexion
Agonist
3 Bones of Pelvis

2. Thoracolumbar and Nuchael Faschia
Extensors generally Attach
Erector Spinae Faschia
why is shoulder so prone to injury
Action of Infraspinatus

3. Elevates -Rotates Scapula can flip O& I
Action of Levator scapula
Scapula Bony Landmarkd
Entrapment of Braccial plexus is from what muscles
Antagoinit

4. Floating
gonist and Antagonist
C1 is what
What are unattached ribs called...
Where does trapezius Insert

5. Pointing foot down
Bony landmark of elbow/humerus
Plantarflexion
Concentric Contraction
Axial Skeleton

6. Semispinalis Multifidus
shoulder joint
Transversospinalis Group
what do the Splenius muscled do
Action of Rhomboids

7. Lateral Rotation - Extension of Humerus
Spinocostal joints
Muscles on the lateral side usually do what
Action of Teres Minor
Joints of Vertebral body

8. Superficial
Muscles of Expiration
Superficialis
Spine Bony Landmarks
Atlantoaxial joint Action

9. They ABduct
shoulder joint
Muscles on the lateral side usually do what
Eccentric Contraction
what muscles twist the the trunk

10. Extend -Rotate -Horrizontal ABduction -Abduction( 90 Deg's)Of Humerus
# of Lumbar vertebrae
Flexor gererally Attach
Action of Deltoids
Protraction

11. Masseter -temporalis -Buccinator -Orbicularis Oris
Action of Rhomboids
Muscles of Mastication
TMJ Muscles
Entrapment of Braccial plexus is from what muscles

12. Intervertebral joints
Superficialis
Joints of Vertebral body
Action of Rhomboids
Wrist joint

13. Rhomboids Major & Minor
What muscles retracts and moves scapula (slightly) upward
Joints of Vertebral body
Eccentric Contraction
TMJ joint

14. Opposes Prime mover
Sternum Bony Landmarks
Extensors generally Attach
Antagoinit
Headache muscles

15. 4 fused vertebrae
Action of Teres Major
Action of Infraspinatus
The coccyx is...
Socket of glenohumeral joint is called...

16. Shallow fossa & soft tissue support
Flexor gererally Attach
Carpal tunnel Nerve
why is curvature of spine so important
why is shoulder so prone to injury

17. Bone pushing on nerve
Entrapment of Braccial plexus is from what muscles
why is shoulder so prone to injury
What is the sacroiliac joint
compresion of nerve

18. Supraspinatus(ABducts only)
Synovial joint is...
# of thorasic vertebrae
Rotator cuff does not include this muscle
why is curvature of spine so important

19. Superior tip of Scapula
Socket of glenohumeral joint is called...
Agonist
Insertion of Levator scapula
gonist and Antagonist

20. Rotation & Lateral Flexion of head and neck
what do the Splenius muscled do
why is curvature of spine so important
Action of Serratus Anterior
Elbow joints

21. Atlanto Occipital
Action of Rhomboids
what muscle does NOT rotate Scapula
Isometric Contraction
C1 is what

22. Lateral
Muscles of Inhilation
# of cervical vertebrae
Synergist to Supraspinalis
Extensors generally Attach

23. Vertebrae to Rib
Spinocostal joints
Action of Serratus Anterior
why is shoulder so prone to injury
Action of Teres Major

24. Origin & insertion moving together
Action of trapezius
Protraction
Concentric Contraction
Order of wrist joints

25. Anterior Inferior Iliac Spine
A.I.I.S
Retraction
Action of Levator scapula
Splenius Capitus/Splenius Cerisis Do what

26. C2 -C7 -Spinous Processes
Tight Pec muscles Cause
Sternum Bony Landmarks
Spine Bony Landmarks
Synergist

27. Flexion and ADduction of Humerus
Muscles on the lateral side usually do what
Action of Coricobrachialis
Superficialis
Transversospinalis Group

28. 5 fused vertebrae
Protraction
the sacrum is made up of...
Deltoids CAN'T do what
A.S.I.S is important for what

29. Pivot and Rotate
Oblique muscles actions
Rotator Cuff Muscles
Atlantoaxial joint Action
A.S.I.S is important for what

30. RadioCarpal joint
Action of trapezius
Erector Spinae Group
Wrist joint
Extensors generally Attach

31. Iliam -Ischium -Pubis
Oblique muscles actions
Splenius Capitus/Splenius Cerisis Do what
3 Bones of Pelvis
Action of Subscapularis

32. Lateral clavical -Acromion process -spine-o-scapula
Action of latissimus dorsi
Plantarflexion
Where does trapezius Insert
Action of Deltoids

33. Tempromandibular joint
Muscles on the lateral side usually do what
TMJ joint
C1 is what
Muscles of Expiration

34. Occiput ligamentum nuchae -spinous processes C7-T12
Carpal tunnel Nerve
where does trapezius Originate
A.S.I.S
SCM Name

35. Masseter -lateral & Medial Pterygoid -Temporalis
What muscles retracts and moves scapula (slightly) upward
# of thorasic vertebrae
Synergist to Supraspinalis
TMJ Muscles

36. Stabalizes clavical
Superficialis
Action of Subscapularis
Headache muscles
Action of Subclavius

37. C1-C4
Muscles of Expiration
Action of latissimus dorsi
Eversion
Origin of Levator scapula

38. They ADduct
Muscles on the medial side usually do what
Isometric Contraction
The coccyx is...
TMJ Muscles

39. Fibro cartlige
Synovial joint is...
# of Lumbar vertebrae
Profundus
What is the sacroiliac joint

40. Distributes impact and compression more easily
C1 is what
why is curvature of spine so important
Synovial joint is...
Action of Supraspinatus

41. Deep
Originates at Sternum & clavical -Inserts to Mastoid Process
Profundus
Trapezius Can't Do this
the sacrum is made up of...

42. Rotate
Synovial joint is...
Action of Rhomboids
Splenius Capitus/Splenius Cerisis Do what
Oblique muscles actions

43. Glenoid Fossa
Socket of glenohumeral joint is called...
Action of latissimus dorsi
A.I.I.S
Phasic Muscles

44. Muscles squeezing nerves
Action of Deltoids
false ribs are where
Headache muscles
Entrapment

45. Scalenes.Pec Minor -SCM -Diaphram -external intercostals -Serratus Posterior Superior
Originates at Sternum & clavical -Inserts to Mastoid Process
what muscle does NOT rotate Scapula
Muscles of Inhilation
Action of Levator scapula

46. Five 5
Agonist to Rhomboids
Plantarflexion
why is shoulder so prone to injury
# of Lumbar vertebrae

47. At the ends of articulating bones covered by Hayaline cartilage and sepparated by Synovial fluid
Deltoids CAN'T do what
Socket of glenohumeral joint is called...
Synovial joint is...
Tight Pec muscles Cause

48. Postural analysis
Synovial joint is...
What are unattached ribs called...
A.S.I.S is important for what
# of Lumbar vertebrae

49. Elevation -upward rotation -retraction -depression of scapula
postural muscles
Action of Pectoralis Major
C2 is what
Action of trapezius

50. Scalenes
Retraction
Axial Skeleton
Action of Levator Scapula
What is Synergistic to SCM