Anatomy
The mouth, esophagus, stomach and intestines are all organs found in this system.
What is the digestive system?
To breakdown our food into small enough molecules to be used by the body we must use both of these methods.
What are mechanical and chemical?
This is the act of decreasing the angle between two bones and in most cases bringing the anterior surface of one bone closer to the anterior surface of another bone.
What is flexion?
This is a flat piece of connective tissue that allows muscles to attach to bones; some can be found on the head and the low back.
What is an aponeurosis?
What is tapotement?
This is the small bone found at the end of the sacrum.
What is the coccyx?
This is the system that uses hormones to create slow acting but long lasting effects on the body.
What is the endocrine system?
To smack yourself on the forehead with the palm of your hand both your forearm and arm must perform this action.
What is flexion?
This is the directional word used to describe the elbow in relationship to the wrist.
What is proximal?
Health history, observiations, special tests and palpation are part of this process.
What is assessment?
This is the attachment that makes the diaphragm such a unique muscle.
What is the central tendon?
This is one of our body's immune responses that is characterized by heat, redness, swelling and pain.
What is inflammation?
This posterior back muscle performs extension, medial rotation and adduction of the humerus at the shoulder joint.
What is the latissimus dorsi?
This is a bone cell that builds new bone cells.
What is an osteoblast?
This is a reason to give someone a massage or a condition that massage could have a positive influence on.
This bony landmark is found at the middle of the superior nuchal line on the occipital bone.
What is the external occipital protuberance?
These are the most common type of neuron in the body; they relay messages between the peripheral and central nervous system.
What are interneurons?
These are the two types of flexion you can perform at the ankle joint.
What are dorsi and plantar flexion?
This is the word you would use to describe the scapulas in relation to the spine.
What is lateral?
A fever or any contagious disease are both examples of this.
This is a joint that is characterized by having a joint capsule filled with a fluid; it is also considered a diarthrotic joint.
What is a synovial joint?
This is the substance that the kidneys filter out of our blood as it passes through before being expelled as urine.
What is urea?
Levator scapula and the upper trapezius share the same action of elevation of the scapula (or shoulder); this is the term used to describe this relationship.
What are synergists?
This prefix is used to describe areas that are above another on a bone or a tissue that is on top of other tissues.
What is epi-?
These are the four things you are looking for when palpating/massaging a client.
What are tone, texture, temperature and tenderness?