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A/P Final Review
Short Answer
Question | Answer |
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Describe two direct effects that therapeutic massage has on the human organism. | INCREASED LOCAL CIRCULATION OF VENOUS BLOOD AND LYMPH STRETCHING OF MUSCLE TISSUE LOOSENING OF ADHESIONS AND SCAR TISSUE |
Describe two indirect effects that therapeutic massage has on the human organism. | INCREASED CIRCULATION TO THE MUSCLES AND INTERNAL ORGANS REDUCED BLOOD PRESSURE GENERAL RELAXATION OF TENSE MUSCLES |
Describe two reflex effects that therapeutic massage has on the human organism. | REDUCED HEART RATE SLOWER, DEEPER BREATHING |
List four possible direct causes for disease. | DISEASE-PRODUCING ORGANISMS TRAUMA ENVIRONMENTAL AGENTS MALNUTRITION DEGENERATIVE PROCESSES STRESS |
List the three main glands whose secretions give us a physical and mental boost during periods of stress. | ADRENAL GLANDS PITUITARY GLANDS HYPOTHALAMUS GLAND |
Define dysfunction | ABNORMAL OR IMPAIRED FUNCTION |
Define neuralgia | PAINFUL CONDITION OR THE NERVES |
Define leukocyte | WHITE BLOOD CELL |
Define tonsillectomy | SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE TONSILS |
Define carcinoma | CANCEROUS TUMOR |
Define osteoblast | NEW BONE CELLS |
Define nephritis | INFLAMMATION OF THE KIDNEYS |
Define cervical | PERTAINING TO THE NECK |
List the conditions required to maintain cell life. | PROPER TEMPERATURE NUTRIENTS OXYGEN WATER PROPER pH |
List the five main categories of tissues. | EPITHELIAL CONNECTIVE MUSCULAR NERVOUS LIQUID |
List the three major serous membranes and describe where they are located. | PLEURA THAT ENCASES THE LUNGS PERICARDIUM AROUND THE HEART PERITONEUM LINES THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY |
List the three types of cartilage and briefly describe each type. | HYALINE - FUNDAMENTAL TYPE OF CARTILAGE CONSISTING OF FINE WHITE FIBERS FIBROUS - CHARACTERIZED BY COLLAGENOUS FIBER IN THE MATRIX ELASTIC - CHARACTERIZED BY ELASTIC FIBERS IN THE MATRIX |
Describe what it means to have a client in the true anatomical position. | THE CLIENT WOULD BE STANDING ERECT WITH ARMS AT THE SIDE AND THE PALMS OF THE HANDS FACING FORWARD |
Describe the benefits massage can provide for the client's skin. | MASSAGE BENEFITS THE SKIN BY IMPROVING CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD, WHICH CARRIES NUTRIENTS TO THE CELLS |
Describe the preferred intervention during the acute stage of a muscle strain. | R - REST I - ICE C - COMPRESSION E - ELEVATION |
List four phasic muscles. | ANTERIOR NECK FLEXORS SCALENII DELTOID LOWER PECTORALS MIDDLE AND LOWER TRAPEZIUS RHOMBOIDS SERRATUS ANTERIOR RECTUS ABDOMINIS GLUTEALS HAMSTRINGS VASTUS MUSCLES PERONEALS ARM EXTENSOR |
List four postural muscles. | UPPER TRAPEZIUS LEVATOR SCAPULAE SCM UPPER PECTORALIS MAJOR PECTORALIS MINOR RECTUS FEMORIS MEDIAL HAMSTRINGS SOLEUS PIRIFORMIS LUMBAR ERECTOR SPINAE |