HAWAII MASSAGE THERAPY
COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT 2026
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
ANATOMY AND TECHNIQUE PACK
◉ Sagital plane
Answer: divides body into left and right
◉ How do you store clean linen
Answer: Closed closet
◉ Water sanitation procedure
Answer: Immerse object completely
◉ What is used on soiled linen
Answer: Chlorine bleach
◉ Temperature of hot water that the skin can withstand
Answer: 100° (98°-104°>115°)
,◉ Where is the sternum located
Answer: Front of thorax
◉ What does blood draining through the lungs do
Answer: Removes carbon dioxide and replaces oxygen
◉ Connective tissue structure supports except
Answer: Memory scar information
◉ Circular motion using finger tips, heel and thumb
Answer: Circular friction
◉ With doctors consent, how do you massage on edema?
Answer: Effleurage
◉ What massage do you use to massage between joints?
Answer: Friction
◉ What do you do when a first time client is worried about
drapping?
Answer: Offer fully draped and or clothes on
, ◉ Bilateral, unilateral, and lateral flexion on the neck. What muscle?
Answer: SCM (sternocleidomastoid)
◉ Sanitation of sheets. How often?
Answer: After each client, wash with soapy water, 10% bleach
◉ How do you avoid rancid odors collecting in the sheets?
Answer: Wash daily
◉ Could you practice massage with a different business?
Answer: Yes with floor to ceiling partition
◉ What nerve supplies the forearm, wrist, and side of thumb?
Answer: Radial
◉ First four lumbar nerves do what?
Answer: Lumbar plexus(hip), femoral nerve, saphenous nerve(
innervates lower back and anterior aspect of legs)
◉ A system that keeps clients/therapists safe from diseases of
blood?
Answer: Universal precautions
COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT 2026
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
ANATOMY AND TECHNIQUE PACK
◉ Sagital plane
Answer: divides body into left and right
◉ How do you store clean linen
Answer: Closed closet
◉ Water sanitation procedure
Answer: Immerse object completely
◉ What is used on soiled linen
Answer: Chlorine bleach
◉ Temperature of hot water that the skin can withstand
Answer: 100° (98°-104°>115°)
,◉ Where is the sternum located
Answer: Front of thorax
◉ What does blood draining through the lungs do
Answer: Removes carbon dioxide and replaces oxygen
◉ Connective tissue structure supports except
Answer: Memory scar information
◉ Circular motion using finger tips, heel and thumb
Answer: Circular friction
◉ With doctors consent, how do you massage on edema?
Answer: Effleurage
◉ What massage do you use to massage between joints?
Answer: Friction
◉ What do you do when a first time client is worried about
drapping?
Answer: Offer fully draped and or clothes on
, ◉ Bilateral, unilateral, and lateral flexion on the neck. What muscle?
Answer: SCM (sternocleidomastoid)
◉ Sanitation of sheets. How often?
Answer: After each client, wash with soapy water, 10% bleach
◉ How do you avoid rancid odors collecting in the sheets?
Answer: Wash daily
◉ Could you practice massage with a different business?
Answer: Yes with floor to ceiling partition
◉ What nerve supplies the forearm, wrist, and side of thumb?
Answer: Radial
◉ First four lumbar nerves do what?
Answer: Lumbar plexus(hip), femoral nerve, saphenous nerve(
innervates lower back and anterior aspect of legs)
◉ A system that keeps clients/therapists safe from diseases of
blood?
Answer: Universal precautions
