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Question 1

Which test would you use to confirm the existence of a muscle strain?

Answer 1

MRT

Question 2

Define contralateral.

Answer 2

The opposite side

Question 3

Define ipsilateral.

Answer 3

The same side.

Question 4

Define ventral.

Answer 4

The belly or toward the belly surface; same as anterior

Question 5

Define lateral.

Answer 5

A position farther from the midline of the body.

Question 6

Define medial.

Answer 6

Closer to the midline of the body.

Question 7

Define dorsal.

Answer 7

The back or a position toward the back surface; same as posterior.

Question 8

List the three muscles in the erector spinae group from lateral to medial.

Answer 8

Iliocostalis, longissimus, spinalis. (They are in alphabetical order.)

Question 9

True or false:

When treating longus coli, having clients rotate their head makes the treatment easier.

Answer 9

False

Question 10

True or false:

When treating longus coli, therapist need to keep their fingers close to but not on the carotid artery.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

True or false:

When treating longus coli, therapists need to be extremely careful when moving the trachea and esophagus.

Answer 11

True

Question 12

Before working on longus coli, therapists need to move/stabilize/compress the trachea.

Answer 12

Move the trachea.

Question 13

True or false:
Before working on longus coli, therapists Will move the carotid artery aside with one hand and treat with the other hand.

Answer 13

False

Question 14

Hypertrophy of coracobrachialis can lead to impingement of the ________________ .

Answer 14

Musculotendinous nerve.

Question 15

Which location it is important to avoid pressing on while doing origin and insertion work on the scalene’s?

Answer 15

Lateral aspect of the cervical transverse processes.

Question 16

True or false:
When working on the neck in the supine position, it is important to make sure the neck is in slight extension, making the chin higher than the forehead.

Answer 16

False.

Question 17

What are the five adductors located along the medial thigh between the hamstrings and quadriceps femoris muscles?

Answer 17

Adductor longus, adductor magnus, adductor brevis, gracilis, pectineus.

Question 18

When treating adductors, you must avoid pressing on the femoral artery/sciatic nerve/inguinal ligament.

Answer 18

Femoral artery.

Question 19

What three structures create the femoral triangle?

Answer 19

Inguinal ligament, adductor longus, sartorius.

Question 20

To massage the sternocleidomastoid in the lax position, the neck would be:

Answer 20

Contralaterally rotated and flexed

Question 21

Which leg muscles crossed two joints?

Answer 21

Gastrocnemius, rectus femoris, biceps femoris.

Question 22

Which technique would you use if you wanted to help align collagen fibers?

Answer 22

Eccentric contractions.

Question 23

Which technique would you use to reduce muscle spasm and hypertonicity?

Answer 23

GTO work

Question 24

Which technique would allow for deeper penetration of muscle?

Answer 24

Lax and stretch position.

Question 25

Which technique can also be used for spasm, and lessons the stretch of muscle spindles?

Answer 25

Tissue approximation

Question 26

True or false:

When the head is rotated ipsilaterally, sternocleidomastoid is in the lax position.

Answer 26

False

Question 27

True or false:

When the head is rotated contralaterally, levator scapula is in the stretch position.

Answer 27

True

Question 28

True or false:

When the hip is flexed and the knee is extended, the rectus femoris is in the stretch position.

Answer 28

False