Acronyms
Planes, Directions, and Movements
Bones and Bony Land Marks
Glossary
Muscles in the Principles
100
BLM-The hills, valleys and bumps on the surface of the bones.
What is Bony Land Mark?
100
This divides the body into left and right halves.
What is Sagittal Plane?
100
You may look at this bony land mark when checking for plantar or dorsiflexion.
What is Lateral Malleolus?
100
The more stationary attachment site of a muscle to a bone.
What is Origin?
100
In forced exhalation usually the first muscle to engage?
What is the Transverse Abdominis?
200
SCM-Bilaterally does flexion of the neck.
What is Sternocleidomastoid?
200

When referring to structure that is closer to the middle of the body.

What is proximal?

200
This bone has several fossae, corners, and ridges that serve as attachment sites for 16 mucsles. It also glides across the posterior surface of the thorax.
What is the Scapula?
200
A broad, flattened tendon.
What is Aponeurosis?
200
These muscles are used to move the spine from neutral to imprint.
What are the Obliques?
300
G/H-A ball-and-socket joint.
What is Glenohumeral Joint?
300
This movement pertains only to the axial skeleton, specifically the head and vertebral column.
What is Lateral flexion?
300
This serves as an attachment site for the gluteus minimus, gluteus medius, and lateral rotators of the hip.
What is the Greater Trochanter?
300
An overall lengthening of the muscle while it is contracting or resisting a workload.
What is Eccentric?
300
Names of the 2 most important scapular stabilizers.
What are the Serratus Anterior and the Middle Trapezius?
400
TFL-Aids in flexion, medial rotation, and abduction of the hip.
What is Tensor Fasciae Latae?
400
The actions of adduction and abduction happen along this plane.
What is Frontal or Coronal?
400
12 of these articulate with the 12 pairs of ribs.
What is Thoracic Vertebrae?
400
A fibrous connective tissue that connects bone to bone.
What is Ligament?
400
Primary muscle used in respiration.
What is the Diaphragm?
500
P of PGOGOQ-lateral rotator of the hip
What is Piriformis?
500
These movements refer to the scapula and jaw.
What is Elevation and Depression?
500
On a female, if this bony land mark is slightly higher than the anterior counterpart, then her pelvis is considered neutral.
What is Posterior Superior Iliac Spine (PSIS)?
500

A condidtion characterized by an abnormally increased flexion in the curvature of the thoracic spine.

What is Kyphosis?

500
When doing head nods, one would want to avoid using this large muscle in the neck.
What is Sternocleidomastoid (SCM)?
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