Muscles
A muscle deep to the abdomen that flexes, laterally rotates and adducts the hip.
What is psoas major?
The endothelial lining of the heart chambers.
What is the endocardium?
What is contact information?
A Flemish anatomist (1514–1564 CE) who wrote On the Workings of the Human Body in 1543.
Who is Andreas Vesalius?
Ways of altering pressure or technique to accommodate a client's condition and ensure comfort during the massage session.
What is adaptive measures?
A characteristic of muscle fiber where it is able to receive and respond to stimuli.
What is excitability?
The heart chamber where the blood returns from the lungs
What is the left atrium?
Document that summarizes a person's professional, educational and personal background for review by a prospective employer.
What is a resume?
A Greek physician (460–377 BCE) widely regarded as the “Father of Western Medicine” because he based his medical practice on observation and an extensive study of anatomy.
Who is Hippocrates
A blood pressure reading that is consistently over 140 mmHg systolic and 90 mmHg diastolic.
What is high blood pressure?
The flat muscle that goes from the ribs to the medial border of the scapula.
What is serratus anterior?
The connective tissue sac that encloses the heart.
What is the pericardium?
Scheduling a client for another session at a later date.
What is rebooking?
An American biochemist working in the 1940s, who extensively researched musculoskeletal components and founded structural integration.
Who is Ida Rolf?
Client conditions that render certain techniques or massage treatments inadvisable.
What are contraindications?
A small, superficial muscle on the lateral side of the hip that flexes, medially rotates and abducts the hip.
What is the tensor fasciae latae?
A blood clot that causes inflammation in the wall of a vein and insuffient circulation.
What is thrombophlebitis?
The group of customers a business wants to attract.
What is target market?
An Austrian (1776–1839) credited with creating medical gymnastics, he built on the work of many other people to develop a structured movement system called Swedish massage.
Who is Per Henrik Ling?
Medications that suppress immune systems response and decrease inflammation.
What are steroids?
A deep muscle of the hip that laterally rotates the hip and abducts the thigh when the hip is flexed.
What is piriformis?
Gland located behind the sternum, between the lungs.
What is the thymus gland?
The desire to learn more about something or someone.
What is curiosity?
Specially shaped pillows that are used to support the client’s body so that she or he can relax completely without undo pressure on joints while receiving massage.
What is a bolster?
An elevated body temperature
What is fever?