Manipulation of specific reflex areas in the foot, hands, and ears that correspond to other parts of the body.
What is reflexology?
100
Term meaning next to or nearest the point of attachment or origin, located toward the center of the body.
What is proximal?
100
Large, flat triangular superficial muscle of the shoulder and upper back.
What is the trapezius?
100
The two primary divisions of the nervous system.
What are the CNS and PNS? (Central and Peripheral)
100
The plane that cuts you down your side. It would cut you from your ear through your hip to your feet.
What is the Frontal (Coronal Plane)?
200
This therapy involves soft, long, kneading strokes, as well as light, rhythmic, tapping strokes, on topmost layers of muscle combined with movement of the joints
What is Swedish Massage?
200
Rotation of the hand or forearm so that the palmar surface is facing upward.
What is supination?
200
Deep thoracoappendicular muscle of the chest that draws down the scapula or raises ribs.
What is the pectoralis minor?
200
The network that begins with capillaries and progresses to larger vessels.
What is the Lymphatic System?
200
The study of the functions of the body.
What is physiology?
300
Deep, circular movements that cause layers of tissue to rub against each other, helping to increase blood flow and break down scar tissue
What is friction?
300
The condition (as of the foot) of being turned or rotated inward.
What is inversion?
300
The most superficial calf muscle in the posterior part of the leg. It flexes the leg and causes planar flexion of the foot.
What is the gastrocnemius?
300
Functions of this system include blood cell production and protection.
What is the skeletal system?
300
Production of digestive enzymes and insulin.
What are two functions of the pancreas?
400
Smooth, gliding stroke used to relax soft tissue.
What is effleurage?
400
Joint movement away from the body along the horizontal plane.
What is abduction?
400
A muscle of the dorsal and lateral aspects of the neck that acts to raise the scapula and pull it toward the midline.
What is the legator scapulae?
400
This system is responsible for communication and control of longterm processes and plays a key role in maintaining homeostasis.
What is the Endocrine System?
400
When muscle fibers are constantly in a state of slight contraction.
What is muscle tone?
500
The squeezing, rolling, or kneading that follows effleurage.
What is petrissage?
500
A turning outward or inside out, such as turning of the foot outward at the ankle.
What is eversion?
500
The broadest muscle of the back responsible for extension, adduction, and internal rotation of the shoulder joint.
What is the latissimus dorsi?
500
This system is comprised of cutaneous membrane and accessory organs.
What is the Integumentary System?
500
One carries blood from the heart and one returns blood to the heart.