Apr 30, 2025  
2024-2025 Academic Catalog 
  
2024-2025 Academic Catalog
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MASG 1020 - Functional Anatomy and Kinesiology for Clinical Massage


Credits: 4

In this course students study all the following body systems as they apply to therapeutic massage: circulatory, respiratory, muscular, skeletal, nervous, and articular. Emphasis is on the relationship among muscle attachments, joints, and bony landmarks. Examination of human movement through association of muscle and muscle function to levers and their connection to planes of movement and the supporting structures are addressed. In addition, the application of the understanding of kinesiology to safe and effective massage therapy is addressed related to all body systems.

Prerequisite(s) (must have a grade of C or better): BIOL 1102  and BIOL 1104  



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