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Massage Therapy Vocab

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Distributes impact and compression more easily






2. Intervertebral joints






3. Manubrium -Xiphoid process






4. Seven 7






5. Slight Free movement yes/no side/side & diagonaly






6. C2 -C7 -Spinous Processes






7. Lateral clavical -Acromion process -spine-o-scapula






8. Usually on opposite sides from each other






9. Postural analysis






10. Rhomboids Major & Minor






11. Concave space for joint ball






12. Lateral






13. RadioUlna/HumeroUlna joint






14. Origin & insertion moving together






15. Scalenes






16. Transverse Abdominals






17. Pivot and Rotate






18. Synovial






19. Opposes Prime mover






20. Glenoid Fossa






21. Backward






22. Foot rolling out with toes flexed






23. Traps -SCM -temporalis -semispenalis capititis/cervicis/longissimus






24. Iliam -Ischium -Pubis






25. Assists Prime mover






26. Forward






27. Spine -Acromion process -Vertebral border - Inferior angle -Axillary border






28. Shallow fossa & soft tissue support






29. Deep






30. Five 5






31. Protraction of scapula






32. Deltoids






33. Anterior Inferior Iliac Spine






34. Skull -Spine -Sacrum






35. Elevation -upward rotation -retraction -depression of scapula






36. Rotate






37. Lateral rotation -Extension of Humerus






38. They ADduct






39. Clavical -Manubrium -Scapula






40. Atlanto axial






41. Scalenes -subscapularis -Pec-Minor






42. Masseter -lateral & Medial Pterygoid -Temporalis






43. ADduction -Horrizontal ADduction -medial rotation of Humerus






44. Extension -Medial rotation -ADuction of Humerus Lat's Little Helper






45. Rolling foot in with toes flexed






46. RadioCarpal -CarpalMetaCarpal -Proximal-MetaCarpal Phalangeal -Distal Inter phalangeal






47. Retraction -downward rotation of scapula






48. Supraspinatus -Infraspinatus -Teres Minor -Subscapularis -serratus anterior






49. Fibro cartlige






50. Extension -Medial rotation -ADduction of Humerus