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Therapeutic massage is what?

A

Manipulation of soft tissue

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Three common reasons for massage therapy?

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  • stress relief
  • stress relief
  • treating medical conditions
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Hippocrates

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Author of physicians oath

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Per Henrick Ling

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Developed Swedish massage

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Chareles Fayette Taylor

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Brought massage to the us

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Swedish massage emphasizes

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Relaxation

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As a result of massage burn patients experience reduction of

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Itching

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7
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Massage aids in the recovery of digestive disorders such as

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Constipation
Diarrhea
Spastic colon

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8
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What % of disease is thought to be stress related?

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80%

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9
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Mental health disorders treats by massage are

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Depression

Anxiety disorders

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10
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Pressure point therapy is used as

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Treatment for injury

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11
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What body system is most affected by massage

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Nervous

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Allergies and headaches

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Can be relieved by massage

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13
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One disease massage is contraindicated for is

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Phlebitis

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14
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Swedish massage incorporates

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Long strokes

Kneading and friction

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15
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When in balance mind and body are in harmony

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Yin yang

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Shiatsu

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Pressure of the fingers

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Effleurage

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Applying increasing pressure using slow rhythmic gliding strokes in direction of blood flow to the heart

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Acupuncture

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Encourage flow of body’s own energy

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Energetic body work approaches

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Therapeutic touch
Jin shin
Zero balancing

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Hydrotherapy

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Stimulates circulation by alternating hot and cold

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Polarity therapy

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Treatment that includes energy based bodywork, diet, exercise, self awareness

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Petrisage

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Alternately tightening and lessening grasp on muscles using kneading pressing and rolling

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Trigger points

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Waste build up around nerve receptor

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Reflexology

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Stimulating specific points on the surface of the body

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Facia

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Connective tissue that binds body structures together

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Myofacial release

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Stretching technique used to treat patients with soft tissue problems

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Rolfing

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Apply heavy pressure with knuckles forearms and elbows

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Applied kinesiology

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Assessing health with general exam and muscle testing

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Structural and postural integration

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Manipulating connective tissue structure to restore body alignment

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Integrated massage

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Combining bodywork approaches designed to treat a specific problem

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Deep tissue

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Physiological and emotional release of tension and tissues

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32
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Lymphatic massage

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Developed by Emil voddder

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33
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According to Chinese thought energy circulates through

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Meridians

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34
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How many acupoints are there

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Over 300

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35
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Rosen practitioner uses what

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Genial direct touch that focuses on easing chronic muscle tension

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36
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Reiki

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Means universal life force energy in Japanese and is a form of energy body

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37
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Hyper irritable spots that that are painful when compressed

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Trigger points

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38
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Reflexology is a form of

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compression massage

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Cranial sacral

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Subtly manipulate the bones of the face head vertebral column and membranes been ash the skull

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According to Rolfing philosophy structural problems and muscle tension can interfere with the functioning of

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Organs

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41
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What kind of therapy can be done through clothes

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Bowen therapy

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42
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Human biology

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Study of how the body is put together and how it works in health and disease

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Anatomy

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The science of the structure of the body

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Gross anatomy

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Parts of the body that can be studied with a microscope

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Microscopic anatomy

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Parts of the body that have been revealed by the microscope

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Physiology

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Study of how the body works

Macro and micro

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Pathology

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Study of body when anatomy and physiology are abnormal

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48
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Contraindications

A

Parts of the body that shouldn’t be massaged

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49
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Transverse section

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Divides body in top and bottom

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Saggital section

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Divides body in left and right

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Coronal section

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Divides body in front and back

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Superior

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Top

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Inferior

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Under or bottom

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Midsaggital

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Divides body in equal right and left halves

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Parasaggital

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Unequal right and left portions

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Cephalad

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Towards the top of the head

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Caudad

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In opposite direction of the head

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Medial

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Closer to the midline

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Lateral

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Farther away from the midline

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Anterior

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In front of

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Posterior

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Behind

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Ventral

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On belly side

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Dorsal

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On spine side

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Proximal

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Nearer to the center of the body

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Distal

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Father away from the center of the body

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66
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Superficial

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Close to skin or surface

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67
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Central

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Near the center

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Peripheral

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Near rim or edge

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Afferent

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Carrying toward a body part

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Efferent

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Carrying away from body part

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Prone

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Facing down

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Supine

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Articulating

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Bones that fit into each other

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Cartilage

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Acts like rubber bumpers

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Joint capsule

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Tough tissue that makes synovial fluid

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Ligaments

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Connects bone to bone at joints

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Periosteum

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Delivers nutrients
Anchors ligaments
Membrane that covers out side of the bone

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Bursa

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Small capsule filled with synovial fluid that protects from friction

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Tendons

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Tissue that connects muscle to bone

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Facia

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Connective tissue that wraps the muscles

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Adduction

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Brings a body part closer to the midline

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Abduction

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Moves body part away from center

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Rotation

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Movement on the transverse plane

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Lateral flexion

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Side bending

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Inversion

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Toes pointed inward

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Eversion

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Toes pointed out

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Synovial joint

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Hip and shoulder

Wide range of motion

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Fibrous joint

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surfaces of bones are in almost direct contact and are not moveable

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Circumduction

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Movement that follows a circular path

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Cartilaginous joint

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Allows only slight movement

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Cranial nerves process what

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Smell
Sight
Taste hearing

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Autonomic system

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Serves smooth muscle, cardiac muscle and glands

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Sympathetic nervous

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Part of autonomic system which makes the body burn recourses

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Nerve impulses

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Electrical messages that travel throughout neurons

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Reflex arc

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Nerve pathway of a reflex

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Proprioceptors

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Nerves that provide muscles with their intelligence

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Motor neurons

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Cary nerve impulses from the brain or spinal cord to muscles or glands they control

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Simple reflex

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Sensory and motor neurons that system pass into and put of the spinal cord without consulting the brain

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Brain stem

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Relay center carrying messages to and from the brain

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Hypothalamus

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On charge of the entire autonomic nervous system

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A type of oriental massage that stimulates meridian flow

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Flowing massage stroke

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Effleurage

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Percussive massage stroke

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Tapotement

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Electrolyte

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Conducts electrical impulses in the body

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Meninges

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Tissue surrounding brain and spinal cord

106
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Makes melatonin hormones

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Thymus

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Stimulates development of immune cells

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Neuron

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Functional unit of the nervous system

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Stores energy and nutrients to convey nerve impulses

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Axon

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Conduct impulse away from cell body

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Golgi tendon organ

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Can measure amount of tension in muscle cells and monitor the amount of force pulling on a bone

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Spindle cell

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Measure changes in length in the muscle as it shortens and lengthens

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Cerebrospinal fluid

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Acts a shock absorber for the brain and spinal cord

114
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What part of the brain controls speech, sensation, memory, reasoning, will, and emotions?

115
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What serves as a path for nerve impulses coming to and from the brain

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Spinal cord

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What consists of all the nerves that connect the CNS to the rest of the body

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Peripheral nervous system

117
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Responses like increased respiration, dilated pupils and increased heart rate are caused by stimulation of what

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Sympathetic nervous system

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Swedish massage most directly accesses the

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parasympathetic nervous system

119
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Most of the digestive processes take place in the small intestine

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Small intestine

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Failure of the sphincter between the esophagus and the stomach is called

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Acid reflux

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What system manufacture EPO which tells the bone marrow to make more blood cells

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What system works with the nervous system to control and coordinate all other body systems

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What gland produces hormones that stimulate growth of bones, muscles and organs

124
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Stress can exhaust what glands

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Adrenal and thyroid

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Largest sensory organ

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Outer layer of skin

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Waterproof protein in skin

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Pigment in epidermis

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Cells that construct bone

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Osteoblasts

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Axial skeleton

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Bones of head vertebral column and rib cage

131
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How blood flows through the heart

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Right atrium
Right ventricle
Lungs 
left atrium
Left ventricle
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Meat of your body

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Skeletal muscle

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Atrophy

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Process by win muscle wastes away

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Sol state facia

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Facia wrapping muscles is in free condition

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Hypertension

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High blood pressure

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Thymus gland

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School for white blood cells

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Inflammation

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Contraindicated

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Arteries

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Carry blood away from the heart

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Fluid that bathes cells

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Interstitial fluid

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Scar tissue can be

A

Prevented with light massage

141
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How many sections is the spine divided into

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Fibrosis

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Facia takes over muscle tissue

143
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Pathogens are filtered out of the tissues by the

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Lymphatic system

144
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Tissue injury is followed with what

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Inflammation

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When you flex a body part you are flexing what

146
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Glenohumoral joint

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Shoulder joint

147
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Coracobrachialis

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Arm muscle

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Insertion

A

Where the muscle attaches to the more stationary or stable bone

149
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Origin

A

Where the muscle connects to a more moveable bone

150
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Muscles make up the rotator cuff

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Infraspinatus
Teres minor
Supraspinatus

151
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Active ROM

A

Motion you make across your own joint

152
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Circumduction

A

Extension
Adduction
Flexion
Abduction

153
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Glenoid fossa

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Shoulder socket

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Xyphoid process

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Distal end of sternum

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Number of thoracic vertebra

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Osteoporosis

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Deterioration of the bone

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Physical barrier to infection

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Fever and infections are

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Contraindicated

159
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Two main goals of draping

A

Modesty and warmth

160
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For lower back pain place a bolster

A

Underneath the knees

161
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Grooms and fine movements

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Movements that involve bigger bones and smaller bones

162
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Chi

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Force of life

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Shen chi

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Results from having good family and friends relationships

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Jing chi

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Life force inherited from parents

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Da chi

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Shallow breathing or smoking results in decreased da chi

166
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Wei chi

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Combination of all forms of chi

167
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Gu chi

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From what we eat and drink

168
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Chi flows through channels called

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Wood element

A

Green

Liver and gallbladder

170
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Metal element

A

Integrity

Grief

171
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Water element

A

Black
Energy
Direction

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Earth element

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Excess results in smothering

Deficiency results in absentmindedness

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