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Massage And Basic Medical Terms

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. It takes place if the stress continues without relief






2. Offering or providing help






3. Subjective abnormalities as reported by the patient/client - what do they tell you?


4. Objective abnormalities which can be observed by someone other than the patient/client - what do you see?


5. Through secreting of regulating hormones - it allows the body to continue fighting a stressor long after the effects of the alarm has dissipated






6. Aka the knowledge of life






7. Disorder resulting from an attack by the body's own immune system. the body identifies one or more tissues as invading organisms and forms an antibody to that tissue






8. Pertaining to the arm






9. The art of rubbing upward not downward






10. Region below the stomach






11. Pulling foot up towards the anterior part of the leg






12. Any physiological or physical situation or conditon that causes tension or strain






13. Includes Chinese Acupoints and Shiatsu






14. Brought the tradition of natural health to the general public instead of limiting it to the rich






15. Massage practices returned to Europe and flourished






16. John Barnes






17. American Massage Therapy Association






18. Help to bind a joint that is too loose






19. Aka Swedish Massage






20. Buttocks






21. Region of the skull behind the ear (mastoid process)






22. Alarm - resistance reaction - exhaustion






23. Gliding massage stroke






24. Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation






25. Egyptian






26. Touch Research Institute (TRI)






27. Towards the origin






28. Disorder resulting from an imbalance of essential nutrients






29. Published a book in 1902 that convinced medical professionals of the therapeutic effects of massage






30. Brought the Swedish Movement Cure to the U.S. in 1854






31. Front of body






32. National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine






33. Developed cure for lymphedema & other diseases of venous or lymph circulation






34. Lived (460 to 380 B.C.)






35. To press or squeeze together






36. Behind the knee






37. Abdominal region lateral to the epigastric reagion






38. Massage and Bodywork Licensing exam






39. Definition: press or rub






40. Infection






41. Relating to the neck






42. Damage caused by mechanical injury - chemical agents - extreme heat of cold and radiation which alters the body's normal homeostatic process






43. Abnormal growth (tumor).






44. Indian and Hindu practices






45. Increasing the angle between two bones






46. Refers to the FREQUENCY of disability or deaths






47. Stomach






48. French barber & surgeon - described positive of massage in the healing process & relieving joint stiffness






49. An onset of disease process s that are likely to occur






50. Abnormalities of development caused by faulty genetic programming or due to noxious influences in the fetus while in the uterus