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Massage Therapy Vocab

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1. Above floating attached by cartliage to sternum
What muscles are deepest to the spine
false ribs are where
Origin of Levator scapula
Entrapment of Braccial plexus is from what muscles

2. ADduction -Horrizontal ADduction -medial rotation of Humerus
Spine Bony Landmarks
Elbow joints
Bony landmark of elbow/humerus
Action of Pectoralis Major

3. Lateral
Synergist
shoulder joint
Muscles of Expiration
Extensors generally Attach

4. Supraspinatus(ABducts only)
Action of Subscapularis
Dorsiflexion
Rotator cuff does not include this muscle
Action of Pectoralis Minor

5. Distributes impact and compression more easily
Joints of Vertebral body
Synergist
Atlantoaxial joint Action
why is curvature of spine so important

6. Superior tip of Scapula
Insertion of Levator scapula
Muscles on the medial side usually do what
SCM Name
Shoulder girdle bones/Landmarks

7. Prime Mover
Agonist
# of thorasic vertebrae
Eversion
SCM Name

8. Lateral clavical -Acromion process -spine-o-scapula
Where does trapezius Insert
Action of Subclavius
Spinocostal joints
C2 is what

9. Rotation & Lateral Flexion of head and neck
Where does trapezius Insert
what do the Splenius muscled do
Action of Coricobrachialis
Erector Spinae Group

10. Manubrium -Xiphoid process
What are unattached ribs called...
Spine Bony Landmarks
Sternum Bony Landmarks
why is shoulder so prone to injury

11. Postural analysis
why is curvature of spine so important
Trapezius Can't Do this
A.S.I.S is important for what
Carpal tunnel Nerve

12. Muscles squeezing nerves
Muscles of Inhilation
Entrapment
Superficialis
Action of Supraspinatus

13. Foot pulling upwards
Dorsiflexion
Order of wrist joints
Action of trapezius
shoulder joint

14. Glenoid Fossa
What are the deepest abbominal muscles
Where does trapezius Insert
# of Lumbar vertebrae
Socket of glenohumeral joint is called...

15. Five 5
the sacrum is made up of...
Elbow joints
# of Lumbar vertebrae
Wrist joint

16. 5 fused vertebrae
Action of Teres Major
what do the Splenius muscled do
the sacrum is made up of...
Retraction

17. Usually on opposite sides from each other
Rotator Cuff Muscles
gonist and Antagonist
Protraction
What muscles retracts and moves scapula (slightly) upward

18. Elevates -Rotates Scapula can flip O& I
Action of Levator scapula
Joints of Vertebral body
Headache muscles
Action of Supraspinatus

19. Seven 7
Action of Pectoralis Minor
A.S.I.S
# of cervical vertebrae
Fossa

20. Lateral end of spine-o-scapula forms top of shoulder
Spinal cord Nerve holes
Muscles of Inhilation
Entrapment of Braccial plexus is from what muscles
Acromion process location

21. Vertebrae to Rib
Spinocostal joints
Rotator Cuff Muscles
Synergist
Muscles of Expiration

22. Extension -Medial rotation -ADuction of Humerus Lat's Little Helper
Tight Pec muscles Cause
Action of Teres Major
Agonist to Rhomboids
Oblique muscles actions

23. Epicondile-o-humerus medial & lateral
Action of Teres Major
Bony landmark of elbow/humerus
A.S.I.S is important for what
Axial Skeleton

24. RadioUlna/HumeroUlna joint
Rotator Cuff Muscles
A.I.I.S
Action of Serratus Anterior
Elbow joints

25. Lengthening distance of O & A
compresion of nerve
Eccentric Contraction
What is Synergistic to SCM
What are the deepest abbominal muscles

26. Extension -Medial rotation -ADduction of Humerus
Action of latissimus dorsi
Flexor gererally Attach
Action of Levator scapula
Synovial joint is...

27. Obliques internal & external
C2 is what
what muscles twist the the trunk
# of cervical vertebrae
Splenius Capitus/Splenius Cerisis Do what

28. Flexion and ADduction of Humerus
Isometric Contraction
Action of Coricobrachialis
Action of Pectoralis Minor
Acromioclavicular joint

29. Synovial
Most common joint
Superficialis
postural muscles
what muscle does NOT rotate Scapula

30. Foot rolling out with toes flexed
Action of trapezius
compresion of nerve
Eversion
Where does trapezius Insert

31. Glenohumeral
Splenius Muscle names
postural muscles
shoulder joint
3 Bones of Pelvis

32. Medial
Erector Spinae Group
what muscles twist the the trunk
3 Bones of Pelvis
Flexor gererally Attach

33. Forward
Action of Coricobrachialis
Protraction
Action of Rhomboids
Muscles on the lateral side usually do what

34. Deltoids
Synergist to Supraspinalis
why is shoulder so prone to injury
Action of Pectoralis Major
Synergist

35. Supraspinatus -Infraspinatus -Teres Minor -Subscapularis -serratus anterior
Action of Supraspinatus
Muscles of the scapula
Action of Levator scapula
Action of latissimus dorsi

36. Initiates Abduction of Hemerus
postural muscles
Action of Coricobrachialis
Action of Supraspinatus
why is curvature of spine so important

37. Elevation -upward rotation -retraction -depression of scapula
Action of trapezius
Rotator Cuff Muscles
A.S.I.S
Action of Levator scapula

38. Median nerve
Carpal tunnel Nerve
C2 is what
Action of Teres Major
Superficialis

39. C2 -C7 -Spinous Processes
Action of Atlanto-Occipital Joint
Spine Bony Landmarks
Muscles of Expiration
why is curvature of spine so important

40. Scalenes
Rotator cuff does not include this muscle
Eversion
What is Synergistic to SCM
Splenius Capitus/Splenius Cerisis Do what

41. Medial rotation of Humerus
Axial Skeleton
Action of Subscapularis
gonist and Antagonist
where does trapezius Originate

42. Retraction -downward rotation of scapula
Originates at Sternum & clavical -Inserts to Mastoid Process
Action of Deltoids
Flexor gererally Attach
Action of Rhomboids

43. 4 fused vertebrae
The coccyx is...
Rotator Cuff Muscles
Action of Teres Major
Spinal cord Nerve holes

44. Deep
Dorsiflexion
Profundus
C2 is what
what muscle does NOT rotate Scapula

45. Tempromandibular joint
Erector Spinae Group
Oblique muscles actions
TMJ joint
Action of Coricobrachialis

46. Short term -Powerful -Tire easily
Phasic Muscles
Origin of Levator scapula
Order of wrist joints
Fossa

47. Spine -Acromion process -Vertebral border - Inferior angle -Axillary border
Action of Deltoids
Scapula Bony Landmarkd
Dorsiflexion
Action of Rhomboids

48. Splenius capitus -Splenius Medius
Retraction
Splenius Muscle names
Action of Teres Major
Dorsiflexion

49. Elevation -Downward rotation of scapula
Agonist to Rhomboids
Muscles on the medial side usually do what
Action of Levator Scapula
Sternum Bony Landmarks

50. Iliocostalis -Longissimus -Spinalis
Action of Supraspinatus
Erector Spinae Group
Carpal tunnel Nerve
Eccentric Contraction