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20 Cards in this Set
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Which edge of the quadrants lumborum is accessible from the side of the torso?
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Lateral edge
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Which three bony landmarks can help you to isolate the borders of the quadratus lumborum?
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12 ribs, posterior iliac crest, transverse process of lumbar vertebrae
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what action could you ask your partner to perform to feel the quadratus lumborum contract?
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Laterally tilt the hip. " elevate"
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Which abdominal muscle runs vertically from the rib cage to the pubic crest?
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Rectus abdominis
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Rotating your trunk to the right would engage your left or right internal oblique muscle?
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Right
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You are palpating lateral to the edge of the rectus abdominis and the fibers you feel are superficial and running at an angle. Which muscle is this?
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External oblique
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What is the primary muscle of respiration?
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diaphragm
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When the diagram muscle fibers contract, what consecutive tissue structure is pulled inferiorly?
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The central tendon
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When is it best to move your fingers as you curl them underneath the ribcage to feel the diaphragm?
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As you exhale
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Name two large muscles through which you would have to palpate to access various portions of the intercoastal.
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Latissimus dorsi, pectoralis major or external oblique
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Increasing the volume of the thoracic cavity would__________ the diaphragm fibers?
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shorten
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Passive rotation of the vertebral column to the same side would __________ external oblique?
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lengthen
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Compression of the abdominals content would _______the transverse abdominis.
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shorten
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Drawing the ventral part of the root word would_______ the external intercostals.
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shorten
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Passive rotation of the vertebral column to the opposite side would ____________the internal oblique.
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lengthen
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The ligamentum nuchae spans between which two bony landmarks?
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external of occipital protuberance, spinous process of c7
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to feel the ligamentum nuchae change tension underneath your fingers, what 2 passive movements can you perform at the head ?
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flexion and extension
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What superficial ligament can be felt between the spinous process of the thoracic and lumbar vertebrae?
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Supraspinous
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The abdominal aorta is located where relationship to the psoas major
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Medial
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The thoracolumbar aponeurosis serves as an attachment site for which two muscles
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latissimus dorsi, erector spinae group
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