The Anatomy Glossary collects the body-structure terms used in Somatic Realignment Therapy session notes and protocols, defined in plain language for clients.
Glossary
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- 📝Adhesion — an area where tissue layers have become stuck together, limiting glide.
C
- 📝Connective Tissue — the tissue that binds, supports, and separates other tissues throughout the body.
D
- 📝Diaphragm — the primary breathing muscle beneath the lungs; see also 🏷️#nervous-system-lexicon.
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- 📝Fascia — the continuous connective-tissue web that wraps and links muscles, bones, nerves, and organs, and can hold tension patterns.
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- 📝Joint — where two bones meet and movement occurs.
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- 📝Ligament — tissue connecting bone to bone at a joint.
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- 📝Muscle — tissue that contracts to produce movement.
- 📝Myofascia — muscle and its surrounding fascia considered together.
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- 📝Posture — the habitual alignment of the body at rest and in motion.
- 📝Proprioceptor — a sensor that reports the body's position and movement; see also 🏷️#nervous-system-lexicon.
R
- 📝Range of Motion — how far a joint moves comfortably.
- 📝Referred Pain — sensation felt in one area that originates from tension elsewhere.
S
- 📝Sacrum — the triangular bone at the base of the spine.
- 📝Spine — the neck, mid-back, and low-back regions of the spinal column.
T
- 📝Tendon — tissue connecting muscle to bone.
- 📝Trigger Point — a tender knot in muscle that can refer sensation elsewhere; see also 🏷️#somatic-modalities-lexicon.