Test your basic knowledge |

Massage And Basic Medical Terms

Subjects : industries, health-sciences, massage

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.

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

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183

2. An onset of disease process s that are likely to occur
predisposing conditions
Amma
gluteal
NCBTMB

3. Rubbing body part over another to create heat
friction
improved the timeline for recovery of soldiers of WWI
ventral
NCCAM

4. Bernarr MacFadden
inguinal
Given to a Hindu seer by the God Indra
Amma techniques
published a natural health magazine called Physical Culture

5. Forehead
frontal
Shiatsu points
predisposing conditions
eversion

6. Egyptian
this massage centered mainly around royalty
brachial
AMTA
lateral flexion

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
medial
auto-immunity
because of this person - the first resort spa in the U.S. came into being. It promoted vegetarian diets - exercise - various forms of bathing and massage
normal process of aging - gradual deterioration of normal cells and body function

8. Region of the spine with 7 vertebrae
cervical
published a natural health magazine called Physical Culture
David Palmer
Hippocrates

9. Triangle shaped
published a natural health magazine called Physical Culture
Dr. Douglas Graham
deltoid
auxiliary

10. Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation
auxiliary
cervical
COMTA
lateral

11. Example: side bends
Created in 1992 & was the first centered devoted to basic and applied research in the use of touch in human health development
genetic/congenital
coronal plane
lateral flexion

12. Degeneration
hypogastric
normal process of aging - gradual deterioration of normal cells and body function
stress
body is invaded by pathogenic organisms such as bacteria - virus - fungus - parasites. May cause disease by interfereing with the normal functions of the host

13. John Barnes
MBLex
frontal
auxiliary
Physical Therapist who developed Myeofacial Release

14. Divides the body into front and back halves
Western Massage
mortality
coronal plane
Amma techniques

15. Buttocks
gluteal
cervical
Paul St. John
alarm phase of stress

16. Created in Big Sur - California. It includes long flowing strokes with scented oils - incense and a connection to the inner self
Esalen Massage
body is invaded by pathogenic organisms such as bacteria - virus - fungus - parasites. May cause disease by interfereing with the normal functions of the host
Hippocrates
health

17. A collection of signs & symptoms usually with common etiology which present a picture of a pathological condition
Wrote the first English based book on the Swedish Movement Cure using Mezger's classifications in 1851
body is invaded by pathogenic organisms such as bacteria - virus - fungus - parasites. May cause disease by interfereing with the normal functions of the host
Includes Greece - Italy & Egyptian civilizations
definintion of syndrome

18. Massage practices returned to Europe and flourished
neoplasm
proximal
Renaissance period
anatripsis

19. National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork
friction
NCBTMB
proximal
gluteal

20. Damage caused by mechanical injury - chemical agents - extreme heat of cold and radiation which alters the body's normal homeostatic process
epigastric
trauma
Given to a Hindu seer by the God Indra
Pehr Henrik Ling

21. Toward the middle or midline of the body
medial
exhaustion phase of stress
Amma
health

22. Developed modern Reflexology by building on the work of Dr. Fitzgerald
Eunice Ingram
definition of 'symptom'
medial
considered by some as the Father of Swedish Massage in the U.S. & the founding father of the American Physical Education Association

23. Developer of the massage chair
gluteal
David Palmer
James B. Mennell
NCCAM

24. Aka Chinese Acupoints
Paul St. John
General Adaptation Syndrome
Hippocrates
Japanese Tsubo

25. Below the surface
mortality
deep
gastric
deficiency

26. FSMTB
promoted biological living at his natural healing resort
start of the modern day spas
hypochondrium
Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards

27. Fight or flight
Western Massage
Shiatsu points
alarm phase of stress
promoted biological living at his natural healing resort

28. Optimal functioning with freedom of disease
Hippocrates
health
stress
coronal plane

29. Hippocrates
neoplasm
Emil Vodder
believed that all physicians should be trained in massage as a method of healing
stress

30. Centered around athletes and gymnasts using massage - exercise and bathing
Greek massage
Amma
lateral
Hippocrates

31. Front of body
considered by some as the Father of Swedish Massage in the U.S. & the founding father of the American Physical Education Association
James B. Mennell
NCCAM
ventral

32. French educator - developed the Swedish Movement of Cure around 1800 A.D.
Pehr Henrik Ling
Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards
considered by some as the Father of Swedish Massage in the U.S. & the founding father of the American Physical Education Association
COMTA

33. Two stances in massage
Tui-na
horse & warrior
Pehr Henrik Ling
auto-immunity

34. James Harvey Kellogg
because of this person - the first resort spa in the U.S. came into being. It promoted vegetarian diets - exercise - various forms of bathing and massage
Physical Therapist who developed Myeofacial Release
ventral
this massage centered mainly around royalty

35. Includes Chinese Acupoints and Shiatsu
malignant
Eunice Ingram
published a natural health magazine called Physical Culture
Japanese Tsubo

36. Definition: to push or pull
Tui-na
coronal plane
Emil Vodder
because of this person - the first resort spa in the U.S. came into being. It promoted vegetarian diets - exercise - various forms of bathing and massage

37. Cancerous growth that may result in death
malignant
anatripsis
NCCAM
published a natural health magazine called Physical Culture

38. Decreasing the angle between two bones
flexion
Shiatsu points
auxiliary
Wrote the first English based book on the Swedish Movement Cure using Mezger's classifications in 1851

39. Massage and Bodywork Licensing exam
MBLex
Ambrose Pare
friction
Shiatsu points

40. Infection
General Adaptation Syndrome
considered by some as the Father of Swedish Massage in the U.S. & the founding father of the American Physical Education Association
extension
body is invaded by pathogenic organisms such as bacteria - virus - fungus - parasites. May cause disease by interfereing with the normal functions of the host

41. Published a book in 1902 that convinced medical professionals of the therapeutic effects of massage
deficiency
mastoid
hypogastric
Dr. Douglas Graham

42. Region above the stomach
epigastric
benign
Shiatsu points
Wrote the first English based book on the Swedish Movement Cure using Mezger's classifications in 1851

43. Gliding massage stroke
improved the timeline for recovery of soldiers of WWI
deep
this person abolished massage and destroyed baths & gymnasiums
effleurage

44. Abnormal growth (tumor).
neoplasm
Hippocrates
Paul St. John
improved the timeline for recovery of soldiers of WWI

45. Used plants - exercise & massage for treatment of disease and to maintain health
Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards
Amma techniques
medial
Physical Therapist who developed Myeofacial Release

46. Disorder resulting from an imbalance of essential nutrients
Associated Bodywork & MassageProfessionals
auxiliary
deficiency
malignant

47. Towards the origin
stress
Dr. Douglas Graham
popliteal
proximal

48. ABMP
published a natural health magazine called Physical Culture
popliteal
Associated Bodywork & MassageProfessionals
Physical Therapist who developed Myeofacial Release

49. It takes place if the stress continues without relief
Pehr Henrik Ling
health
eversion
exhaustion phase of stress

50. To press or squeeze together
morbidity
promoted biological living at his natural healing resort
NCBTMB
compressions