Anatomical Terminology
What directional term means closer to the body's midline?
What is medial?
Which primary tissue type covers the body's outer surface and lines body cavities?
What is epithelial tissue?
What movement decreases the angle at the elbow?
What is elbow flexion?
What is the name for the muscle primarily responsible for producing a specific movement?
What is the agonist, or prime mover?
A client says the front of their thigh is sore. What anatomical region and directional term could you use to document the location?
What is the femoral region, on the anterior thigh?
What directional term means farther away from the trunk or point of attachment?
What is distal?
What type of connective tissue connects muscle to bone?
What is a tendon (dense regular connective tissue)?
Which muscle is the primary mover for elbow extension?
What is the triceps brachii?
What muscle is the antagonist to the biceps brachii during elbow flexion?
What is the triceps brachii?
A client is having difficulty lifting the front of their foot toward the shin. What movement is limited?
What is dorsiflexion?
What plane divides the body into anterior and posterior portions?
What is the frontal (coronal) plane?
Which tissue type transmits electrical impulses through the body?
What is nervous tissue?
Which muscle is a primary ankle dorsiflexor, bringing the foot toward the shin?
What is the tibialis anterior?
The biceps brachii attaches distally to the radial tuberosity. Is this its origin or insertion?
What is its insertion?
A client reports sharp, increasing pain during a massage technique. What should the therapist do first?
Stop or reduce the technique, check in with the client, and reassess.
A client reports pain on the outside of the right knee. What directional term describes this location?
What is lateral?
A client has a bruise caused by blood leaking into surrounding tissues. What type of connective tissue is blood?
What is fluid connective tissue?
What action does the gluteus maximus primarily perform at the hip?
What is hip extension?
The triceps brachii attaches to the olecranon process of the ulna. Is this its origin or insertion?
What is its insertion?
A client arrives with new, unexplained calf swelling, warmth, and pain. What is the appropriate response?
Do not massage the area; refer for urgent medical evaluation because a blood clot is possible
A therapist documents tenderness on the posterior aspect of the proximal lower leg. Where is the tenderness?
What is the back of the upper lower leg, closer to the knee?
During connective tissue repair, which cells produce collagen fibers?
What are fibroblasts?
A client slowly lowers their arm from shoulder abduction while the deltoid controls the descent. What type of contraction is occurring?
What is an eccentric contraction?
A client holds a weight still with the elbow bent. The elbow flexors create tension but do not noticeably change length. What contraction is occurring?
What is an isometric contraction?
A client arrives with fever and signs of an acute illness. What should the massage therapist do?
Postpone the session and advise the client to seek appropriate medical guidance.