MBLEx Practice Test|30 Questions with Answers

MBLEx Practice Test|30 Questions
with Answers
A massage therapist presses and rolls muscles under her hands. What
massage stroke is this?
a. Tapotement
b. Vibration
c. Petrissage
d. Friction - -c. Petrissage

- Myofacial Pain Syndrome is associated with which of the following.
a. Muscle tenderness arising from a trigger point
b. Pain arising in the region of the face
c. Bone Spur
d. Reflux Disease - -a. Muscle tenderness arising from a trigger point

- The bones of the arms, legs, pelvis and shoulders make up the
appendicular skeleton.
a. True
b. False - -a. True

- When a bone turns on its own central axis making a circular movement, it
is called ________________.
a. Circumduction
b. Gliding
c. Angular
d. Rotation - -d. Rotation

- All of the following are types of massage except _________________________.
a. Swedish
b. Deep Tissue
c. Trigger Point
d. Kinesis - -d. Kinesis

- What is the meaning of the Greek root "derm"?
a. Ligament
b. Bone
c. Skin
d. Muscle - -c. Skin

- What plane divides the body into front and back regions?
a. Tranverse (horizontal) plane
b. Lateral (Sagittal) plane
c. Frontal (coronal) plane

, d. Midsagittal (median) plane - -c. Frontal (coronal) plane

- Smooth muscle is also known as ___________________.
a. Skeletal muscle
b. Cardiac muscle
c. Visceral muscle
d. Striated muscle - -c. Visceral muscle

- Skeletal muscles normally work __________________.
a. one at a time
b. in groups
c. isometrically
d. automatically - -b. in groups

- Skeletal muscle is attached to bone by __________________.
a. Ligaments
b. Epidermis
c. Joint
d. Tendons - -d. Tendons

- Which of the following are voluntary muscles ________________.
a. Skeletal muscle
b. Cardiac muscle
c. Visceral muscle - -a. Skeletal muscle

- Which of the following is not a type of oriental massage therapy
________________.
a. Tai Chi Chuan
b. Jin Shin So
c. Shiatsu
d. Nuad Bo' Ram
e. Amma - -a. Tai Chi Chuan

- The Hypodermis is directly below what layer of skin?
a. Epidermis
b. Dermis
c. Stratum Corneum
d. Stratum Germinatvium - -b. Dermis

- What connective tissue ensheaths the entire muscle?
a. Endomysium
b. Fascia
c. Epimysium
d. Muscle fiber - -c. Epimysium

- Where is the liver located?