Human Body Work

1. A massage body/work practitioner may apply ice packs for relief of which of the following conditions?

Impetigo

Acute ankle sprain

Fever

Lymphedema

2. During deep pressure massage, the massage/bodywork practitioner notices the client holding his breath. The practitioner should FIRST:

Continue until the soft tissue releases

Discuss benefits of breathing techniques

Talk in order to distract the client

Adjust pressure and check in with the client

3. What percent of products and services received from barter must be declared as income?

8%

50%

80%

100%

4. What is the term for the degeneration of muscle due to either paralysis or severe lack of exercise?

Necrosis

Hypoxia

Atrophy

Hypertrophy

5. What is the best approach for a painful neck condition that has worsened over time and it is accompanied by numbness or tingling in the hand?

Massage and give therapeutic exercises

Massage and refer to primary health care provider

Massage focusing on the neck

Massage focusing on the hips

6. What bony prominence can be felt as the point of the elbow?

Styloid process

Coronoid process

Olecranon process

Radial Tuberosity

7. The earliest symptom of osteoarthritis is?

Tingling in the extremities

Pain, usually worse with exercise

Swelling and radiating heat

General muscular pain

8. Progressive muscular atrophy includes which of the following pathological changes?

Sensory nerve deficit

Edema

Degeneration of motor nerves

Suppressed immunity

9. Diffusion of nutrients and gases occurs in which structures of the cardiovascular system?

Arteries

Capillaries

Veins

Arterioles

10. During a pre-session interview the client's states the belief that the massage will cure the severe depression the client has been experiencing. The massage/bodywork practitioner should;

Refer to the client immediately to a psychiatric facility

Tell the client that massage cures nothing

Suggest the client seek counseling for the depression

Agree wholeheartedly and begin the session

11. If a client has an elevated shoulder, which muscles are adaptively shortened?

Deltoid and infraspinatus

Trapezius and levator scapula

Pectoralis and subclavius

Latissimus dorsi and subscapularis.

12. Neurons that pick up information from receptors and carry them into the brain or spinal cord are called:

Motor neurons

Sensory neurons

Intemeurons

Central neurons

13. According to the TCM, the emotion related to the liver is:

Joy

Anger

Sadness

Fear

14. A client's ankle is swollen, tender and warm to the touch and turning black and blue. The massage/bodywork practitioner should treat the injury as an:

Infarction

Strain

Dermatitis

Sprain

15. Yin is associated with which of the following meridians?

Liver

Bladder

Triple Warmer

Small Intestine

16. A potential cause of muscle cramping is:

Passive stretching

Stimulation of the tendon organs

Reciprocal inhibition

Electrolyte imbalance

17. Deep circular friction should be avoided posterior to the medial epycondyle of the humerus in order to prevent compression of which nerve?

Median

Radial

Ulnar

Musculocutaneous

18. Thoracic outlet obstruction syndrome may be characterized by pain and numbness in which of the following areas?

Ears and jaw

Neck and arm

Upper and lower back

Lower chest and abdomen

19. The massage/bodywork practitioner observes that a client's shoe is abnormally worn down under the medial edge of the heel. Which of the following alignment problems would the practitioner look for?

Drop-foot

Pigeon-toed gait

Over-pronation

Over-supination

20. The portion of the brain that experiences emotions relating to touch memories or tactile experiences in a client with post-traumatic stress disorder:

Celiac plexus

Symphatic ganglia

Frontal lobe

Limbic system