Energetic Flashcards
Massage, called _________, is performed by one, two, or more practitioners working in synchronicity as part of an external treatment to improve health
Abyanga
Hakomi
psychology-based approaches, these are systems that involve a variety of methods to improve the mind’s positive impact o
Tui means _____and na means _____in Chinese, conveying the vigorous and firm quality of this massage system.
Push
Grasp
The Sanskrit word for oil massage in the ayurvedic medical system of India.
Abhyanga
statement that summarizes research.
Abstract
Accessory digestive organs are
Organs that help with digestion but are not part of the digestive tract
Name 5
tongue, salivary glands, pancreas, liver, and gallbladder.
The motor nerve that commands the sternocleidomastoid and trapezius muscles
Accessory nerve (XI)
Organs, or distinct collections of tissues, that contribute to the function of the cutaneous membrane.
Accessory organs
5 Accessory organs
hair, nails, cuticles, and sebaceous glands (oil) and sudoriferous glands (sweat).
An individual’s willingness to be liable or responsible for their personal actions and the situations that result.
Accountability
the immune system’s primary infection-fighting blood cells
CD3+ T cells
When a person with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has fewer than 200 CD3+ T cells the condition is called
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
Relating to the acromion process of the shoulder,
Acromial
the highest point of the shoulder
Acromial
A synovial gliding joint formed between the lateral end of the clavicle and the medial edge of the acromion process of the scapula.
Acromioclavicular joint
ligaments that stabilize the acromioclavicular joint.
Superior and inferior acromioclavicular ligaments and coracoclavicular ligaments
A type of protein (together with myosin) that is a component of a myofilament and functions in the contraction of a muscle. It also plays a role in the maintenance of cell shape.
Actin
A precancerous condition that can lead to squamous cell carcinoma characterized by brown or red scaly lesions that form sores that crust and do not heal normally
Actinic keratosis
A nerve impulse; the electrical signal that travels along an axon.
Action potential
The ability to communicate a message effectively through active listening to another, congruence between verbal and nonverbal behaviors, and a willingness to share information honestly and compassionately.
Active communication
In Swedish massage, ________ refers to techniques where the client performs a movement at a joint while the therapist applies a lengthening stroke from the origin to the insertion of the muscle or muscle group performing the movement.
active joint movement
A listening skill where the listener encourages another to share information, interprets that information effectively, reflects certain information back to the speaker, remembers what was said, and can adjust their understanding of the speaker’s words based on additional information.
Active listening
The final phase of the dying process, as defined by the Hospice Patients Alliance, which is characterized by an unresponsive state, severe agitation, hallucinations or pronounced personality changes, abnormal breathing patterns, difficulty speaking or swallowing food or liquids, and decreased urine output. The body may be held in a rigid and unchanging position, and the jaw may drop or be held in a sideways position.
Active phase of dying
The amount of motion available at a given joint when the client moves the body part voluntarily and with no assistance from the practitioner.
Active range of motion
A cellular transport mechanism that requires energy to move substances against a concentration or pressure gradient.
Active transport
Active range of motion (myofascial approaches)
At the end of a session, when a client has finished dressing, practitioners direct clients to move the joints for each region addressed during the session actively through all of its movements. This practice is believed to assist the body in resetting the resting lengths of muscles and improve the long-term effects experienced from the session.
The _____ group (one of two groups in a research study) receives the treatment being researched, as opposed to the control group that receives the standard treatment, no treatment, a placebo treatment, or a second treatment.
active treatment
A technique in which the practitioner provides resistance to a client’s attempt to move a joint in order to assess or build the client’s muscular strength; also called resisted range of motion.
Active-resisted range of motio
The client uses the muscles surrounding the joint to perform the movement but requires some help from the practitioner.
Active-assisted range of motion
