MBLEX STUDY GUIDE| 282 QUESTIONS| WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

The term massage 1st appeared in American or European literature around correct answer: 1875 Public interest in massage began to re-emerge in the US around? correct answer: 1960 National Cert in M&B has been available since? correct answer: 1992 movement exercises used in the Trager method correct answer: MENTASTICS Aligning major body segments through manipulation of connective tissue is? correct answer: ROLFING METHOD Neuromuscular techniques were developed in the 1940's by? correct answer: BORIS CHAITOW & STANLEY LIEF The National organization that certifies massage therapist correct answer: NCBTMB Indirect responses to touch that affect body functions correct answer: REFLEX EFFECTS Adhesion development and excessive scarring following trauma can be prevented or reduced with correct answer: FRICTION MASSAGE Inflammation of a vein is called? correct answer: PHLEBITIS A piece of a blood clot floating in the blood correct answer: EMBOLUS A mass of blood trapped in tissue or a body cavity as a result of internal bleeding correct answer: HEMATOMA Massage is contraindicated if edema is due to a? correct answer: PROTEIN IMBALANCES Stimulation of the parasympathetic nervous system causes? correct answer: INCREASED CIRCULATION TO THE INTERNAL ORGANS The size of a massage room should be at least? correct answer: 10 FEET BY 12 FEET The branch of biology concerned w/ the microscopic structure of living tissues is? correct answer: HISTOLOGY The study of structural & functional changes caused by disease is? correct answer: PATHOLOGY The adrenal hormone that acts as an anti-inflammatory & anti-allergenic in stressful situations is? correct answer: CORTISOL A self-perpetuating cycle in which skeletal muscle spasm causes local ischemia and pain, which exacerbates the spasm, which in turn exacerbates the pain. correct answer: THE PAIN-SPASM-PAIN CYCLE When tissue is damaged _____ migrate to the area to engulf & digest invading organisms & tissue debris. correct answer: LEUKOCYTES both correct answer: "ambi" What does the prefix "infra" mean? correct answer: BENEATH painful condition correct answer: "-algia" What does the suffix "itis" mean? correct answer: INFLAMMATION diseased correct answer: "pathic" bone correct answer: "arth(ro)" The basic structure in human organisms is the? correct answer: CELL Cell division, which produces new cells is called? correct answer: MITOSIS Microscopic structures in the cytoplasm of the cell that produce energy needed for cellular work are called? correct answer: MITOCHONDRIA Anabolism & catabolism are closely regulated to maintain? correct answer: HOMEOSTASIS Bone, adipose tissue, epimysium & hyaline cartilage are what kinds of tissue? correct answer: CONNECTIVE TISSUE The thin tissue layer that forms the skin, organ coverings & inner lining of all hollow organs is the? correct answer: EPITHELIAL TISSUE Fibrous tissue b/w muscle bundles correct answer: FASCIA The _____ membrane lines the inner joint cavities. correct answer: SYNOVIAL The imaginary line that divides the body into front & back halves correct answer: CORONAL PLANE How many important organ systems does the human body have? correct answer: 10 Exposure to ultraviolet light causes the skin to darken by stimulating the production of? correct answer: MELANIN