MBLEX Practice Test Questions and Answers

MBLEX Practice Test




A massage therapist presses and rolls muscles under her hands. What massage stroke is this?

a. Tapotement

b. Vibration

c. Petrissage

d. Friction - Answer-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 - Answer-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 - Answer-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 - Answer-d. Rotation



All of the following are types of massage except _________________________.

a. Swedish

b. Deep Tissue

c. Trigger Point

d. Kinesis - Answer-d. Kinesis



What is the meaning of the Greek root "derm"?

a. Ligament

b. Bone

c. Skin

d. Muscle - Answer-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 - Answer-c. Frontal (coronal) plane



Smooth muscle is also known as ___________________.