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MBLEx practice notes
review guide for the MBLEx
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Massage manipulations are? | skillful use of hands and forearms to affect the soft tissue directly. |
| What kind of movement of the body is voluntary? (bones) | osteokenematic movement |
| what method has as its primary effect lifting of the tissue away from underlying structures? | kneading |
| what method would be inappropriate if a client doesn't want any lubrication during massage? | gliding |
| A client is ticklish, especially around the chest area. What would be the best method to use in this area? | compression over the client's own hand |
| What method is being described? Isolate the target muscle in passive contraction. Have the client contract the antagonist group. Have the client relax and then lengthen the target muscles. | reciprocal inhibition |
| A major contraindication to massage the legs is? | thrombophlebitis veins in the legs are more susceptible to blood clots |
| What is a massage application that twists tissue? | Torsion |
| What massage application creates shear force? | Friction |
| Kneading is effective when creating what force? | bending and torsion |
| What type of method for abdominal massage is most beneficial for mechanically encouraging fecal movement in the large intestine? | effleurage/gliding |
| A client would like tapotement to be used at the end of the massage to stimulate the nervous system. What would be the appropriate method for the face? | tapping |
| The four signs to the inflammatory response are, redness, swelling, pain, and ? | heat |
| what is it called when new cells are similar to those that they replace? | regeneration |
| The study of disease? | Pathology |
| the definition of health is? | optimal functioning with freedom from disease or abnormal processes |
| the prefix ab means? | away from |
| the prefix ad means? | toward |
| the prefix ante means? | before, forward |
| the prefix anti means? | against |
| the prefix auto means? | self |
| the prefix contra means? | against, opposite |
| the prefix ecto means? | outer, outside |
| the prefix en means? | in, into within |
| the prefix eryth means? | red |
| the prefix hemi means? | half |
| the prefix intra means? | within |
| the prefix leuk means? | white |
| the prefix peri means? | around |
| the prefix retro means? | backward |
| How many cervical vertebrae are located in the spine? | 7 |
| How many thoracic vertebrae are located in the spine? | 12 |
| How many lumbar vertebrae are located in the spine? | 5 |
| How many quadrants is the abdomen divided into? | 4 |
| How many regions is the abdomen diveded into? | 9 |
| What are the four quadrants of the abdomen? | right upper, left upper, right lower, and left lower |
| What are the nine regions of the abdomen? | hypochondriac, epigastric, left hypochondriac, right lumbar, unbilical, left lumbar, right iliac, hypogastric, and left iliac |
| What is the position of the body when it is standing upright with the feet slightly apart, and thumbs outward? | anatomic position |
| Name the body cavities. | Cranial, Vertebral, Thoracic, Abdominal, Pelvic |
| What is the definition of Kinesiology? | The study of movement |
| What is Histology? | The study of tissue |
| What are the primary tissues of the body? | epithelial, connective, muscular, and nervous tissues |
| What are the parts of the Axial Skeleton? | Cranium, mandible, cervical vertebrae, sternum, ribs, thoracic vertebrae, lumbar vertebrae, sacrum, and coccyx |
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