This term means toward the direction of the back
What is posterior or dorsal?
Stability always comes _____ mobility
What is before?
The elbow bent at full flexion is an example of this type of position
What is an open-pack position?
This type of movement of the TMJ occurs when bringing the mandible back toward the head
What is retraction
This muscle's name is...
What is frontalis
The knee is ____ to the hip
What is distal?
This term describes movement that occurs through a series of small actions
What is sequential movement?
The knee is this type of joint
hinge joint
The suprahyoid muscles contribute to this type of movement of the TMJ
What is TMJ depression?
This muscle, when activated bilaterally, elevates the upper lip
What is the levator labii superioris?
When doing MMT, this should be completed if the joint cannot move through at least 50% of it's ROM
What is gravity minimized MMT?
This type of contraction occurs when there is a lengthening of the muscle
What is eccentric contraction?
This structure acts as an attachment for speech & swallowing muscles
What is the hyoid bone?
The medial pterygoid contributes to what TMJ motions?
What is elevation and protraction?
This bone is at the back of the head:
What is the occipital bone?
ROM screen
What is closed-chain?
This structure connects muscle to bone
What is tendons?
These 3 muscles contribute to TMJ elevation
What is masseter, temporalis, and medial pterygoid?
This muscle helps you take in deep breaths through your nose
What is nasalis
This plane of motion involves abduction/adduction movements
What is the frontal plane?
When bringing food to the mouth, the tricep is the ____ muscle
What is antagonoist?
In this phase of swallowing, the bolus is sent to the esophagus
What is the pharyngeal phase?
The temporalis contributes to these 2 TMJ motions
What is elevation and retraction?
This cluster of muscles helps you swallow by depressing the hyoid
What is the infrahyoids?