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Massage Therapy Vocab

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1. At the ends of articulating bones covered by Hayaline cartilage and sepparated by Synovial fluid
Agonist
why is shoulder so prone to injury
Synovial joint is...
Extensors generally Attach

2. Retraction of scapula
Action of Rhomboids
Muscles on the medial side usually do what
Scapula Bony Landmarkd
Action of Teres Major

3. Backward
Superficialis
What are unattached ribs called...
Rotator Cuff Muscles
Retraction

4. 4 fused vertebrae
Erector Spinae Group
Action of Subclavius
The coccyx is...
SCM Name

5. Obliques internal & external
Synergist to Supraspinalis
what muscles twist the the trunk
Elbow joints
What are unattached ribs called...

6. Extension -Medial rotation -ADduction of Humerus
Concentric Contraction
What muscles are deepest to the spine
What is the sacroiliac joint
Action of latissimus dorsi

7. Rotate
Oblique muscles actions
Transversospinalis Group
Action of Levator Scapula
Spine Bony Landmarks

8. Deltoids
# of Lumbar vertebrae
Socket of glenohumeral joint is called...
Joints of Vertebral body
Synergist to Supraspinalis

9. RadioCarpal joint
Muscles of Inhilation
Wrist joint
Isometric Contraction
What muscles retracts and moves scapula (slightly) upward

10. Bone pushing on nerve
Plantarflexion
compresion of nerve
A.S.I.S is important for what
Action of Pectoralis Minor

11. Five 5
Action of Teres Minor
Erector Spinae Faschia
Inversion
# of Lumbar vertebrae

12. Assists Prime mover
Muscles of Expiration
What muscles retracts and moves scapula (slightly) upward
Synergist
Synovial joint is...

13. Supraspinatus(ABducts only)
Entrapment
Rotator cuff does not include this muscle
A.I.I.S
Deltoids CAN'T do what

14. Elevation -upward rotation -retraction -depression of scapula
Most common joint
Action of trapezius
Action of Deltoids
Action of Subscapularis

15. Superior tip of Scapula
Isometric Contraction
Erector Spinae Faschia
C2 is what
Insertion of Levator scapula

16. Foot pulling upwards
Action of Pectoralis Major
Flexor gererally Attach
Dorsiflexion
Action of Serratus Anterior

17. They ABduct
Protraction
Muscles on the lateral side usually do what
Action of Levator scapula
Shoulder girdle bones/Landmarks

18. Clavical/shoulder joint
Acromioclavicular joint
Dorsiflexion
Splenius Capitus/Splenius Cerisis Do what
Splenius Muscle names

19. Inward shoulder rotation rounded upper back
Tight Pec muscles Cause
Origin of Levator scapula
What are the deepest abbominal muscles
Profundus

20. Epicondile-o-humerus medial & lateral
What is Synergistic to SCM
# of Lumbar vertebrae
Bony landmark of elbow/humerus
Action of trapezius

21. Scalenes -subscapularis -Pec-Minor
Entrapment of Braccial plexus is from what muscles
3 Bones of Pelvis
where does trapezius Originate
Axial Skeleton

22. Traps -SCM -temporalis -semispenalis capititis/cervicis/longissimus
Action of Serratus Anterior
Headache muscles
Entrapment of Braccial plexus is from what muscles
Action of Teres Minor

23. 5 fused vertebrae
the sacrum is made up of...
what muscle does NOT rotate Scapula
C1 is what
Rotator cuff does not include this muscle

24. Synovial
Scapula Bony Landmarkd
Most common joint
Order of wrist joints
A.S.I.S

25. Semispinalis Multifidus
Retraction
Shoulder girdle bones/Landmarks
Transversospinalis Group
Fossa

26. Sustain long peroids of contraction
Action of Pectoralis Major
A.I.I.S
Muscles on the lateral side usually do what
postural muscles

27. Short term -Powerful -Tire easily
Sternum Bony Landmarks
Phasic Muscles
Rotator cuff does not include this muscle
# of Lumbar vertebrae

28. Protraction -depression -Downward Rotation of scapula
Action of Serratus Anterior
Eversion
Action of Pectoralis Minor
# of Lumbar vertebrae

29. Medial
Erector Spinae Faschia
Origin of Levator scapula
Concentric Contraction
Flexor gererally Attach

30. Elevation -Downward rotation of scapula
The coccyx is...
Synovial joint is...
Action of Levator Scapula
Atlantoaxial joint Action

31. Clavical -Manubrium -Scapula
Shoulder girdle bones/Landmarks
Action of Subclavius
Originates at Sternum & clavical -Inserts to Mastoid Process
Erector Spinae Group

32. Deep
Entrapment of Braccial plexus is from what muscles
Profundus
compresion of nerve
Sternum Bony Landmarks

33. Glenohumeral
Agonist
what muscles twist the the trunk
Action of Pectoralis Major
shoulder joint

34. Protract/Pull forward

35. Floating
Action of Rhomboids
What are unattached ribs called...
Concentric Contraction
shoulder joint

36. Thoracolumbar and Nuchael Faschia
Antagoinit
Erector Spinae Faschia
Plantarflexion
3 Bones of Pelvis

37. Postural analysis
why is curvature of spine so important
A.S.I.S is important for what
Eccentric Contraction
Agonist to Rhomboids

38. Superficial
Superficialis
Action of Serratus Anterior
C2 is what
Flexor gererally Attach

39. Transverse Abdominals
What are the deepest abbominal muscles
Erector Spinae Faschia
Spinocostal joints
Action of Subscapularis

40. Internal intercostals - serratus posterior inferior -Abdominals -Diaphram
Trapezius Can't Do this
Acromioclavicular joint
Muscles of Expiration
Action of Pectoralis Minor

41. Anterior Superior Iliac Spine
why is shoulder so prone to injury
Entrapment of Braccial plexus is from what muscles
A.S.I.S
Elbow joints

42. Distributes impact and compression more easily
Axial Skeleton
Agonist to Rhomboids
Action of Teres Major
why is curvature of spine so important

43. Spine -Acromion process -Vertebral border - Inferior angle -Axillary border
Erector Spinae Group
Scapula Bony Landmarkd
Action of trapezius
Action of Serratus Anterior

44. ADduct

45. C1-C4
where does trapezius Originate
false ribs are where
Origin of Levator scapula
C1 is what

46. Medial rotation of Humerus
Action of Subscapularis
where does trapezius Originate
Action of Coricobrachialis
Action of Pectoralis Major

47. Vertebrae to Rib
Eversion
false ribs are where
Spinocostal joints
Muscles of Expiration

48. Iliocostalis -Longissimus -Spinalis
Erector Spinae Group
The coccyx is...
Rotator Cuff Muscles
TMJ Muscles

49. Shallow fossa & soft tissue support
# of Lumbar vertebrae
why is shoulder so prone to injury
Muscles on the medial side usually do what
Action of Subscapularis

50. RadioCarpal -CarpalMetaCarpal -Proximal-MetaCarpal Phalangeal -Distal Inter phalangeal
Order of wrist joints
Action of Teres Minor
the sacrum is made up of...
Rotator Cuff Muscles