Unit 3

Question 1

Basic Techniques of ______, ________, __________

Answer 1

Inspection, Palpation, Auscultation

Question 2

___________ is the process of observation. It refers to the detection of physical signs through observation of the patient.

Answer 2

Inspection

Question 3

Inspection process occurs on two levels:
1) G______________
2) L____________

Answer 3

General Survey; Local Inspection

Question 4

General survey commences the moment the therapist greets the patient and continues throughout the health history and examination. It involves the senses of _______, ______, ________, _______, and allows the therapist to gather a general (global) pictures of the patient.

Answer 4

sight, hearing, touch, smell

Question 5

Specifically, the therapist would observe the patient’s general appearance of health, general body appearance, _______, body movements and _____.

Answer 5

posture; GAIT

Question 6

The therapist could observe for any signs of _____ or pain. Facial expressions, ____ and general mannerisms could be assessed as well.

Answer 6

distress; speech

Question 7

Once the therapist has completed the general survey of the patient, an appropriate _____ inspection should then take place. A ______ inspection means inspection of a specific body region or part.

Answer 7

Local; local

Question 8

When doing an examination, the therapist should compare _______ or _______ regions of the body. ________, the body is nearly perfectly symmetrical and a deviation from normal may be detected by comparing one side to the other.

Answer 8

parallel or symmetrical; Bilaterally

Question 9

_______ always follows inspection-never precedes it. ______ involves the use of the massage therapist’s hands and hingers to gather information through the sense of touch. A general rule to keep in mind when examining through palpation, is to use _____ palpation throughout, unless deep palpation is absolutely _______.

Answer 9

Palpation; palpation; light; necessary

Question 10

During palpation, we can assess for different types of sensations (i.e. texture, size, _______, _______, fluid, and _________).

Answer 10

consistency, masses, temperature

Question 11

Our _____ ________ are the most sensitive tools we have for making tactile discriminations as they contain a highly abundant number of sensory _______ fibres.

Answer 11

finger pads; nerve

Question 12

The finger pads are primarily used to detect ______, contour, consistency, and mobility of structures. When trying to ascertain any variation of skin _________ however, our finger pads do not work well.

Answer 12

moisture, temperature

Question 13

The ______ surface of the hand and fingers are most sensitive for detecting temperature variations, as the skin is thinner and the least _______.

Answer 13

dorsal; keratinized

Question 14

MT’s, for obvious reasons, are able to do a continual ________ assessment during the course of their massage.

Answer 14

palpation

Question 15

The last method of examination is _________

Answer 15

Auscultation

Question 16

______ is the practice of examining the body by listening to body ______. In this course, for example, we will be listening to the sound of the heart. For some sounds, a stethoscope is required. Probably one of the most difficult achievements in auscultation is learning to isolate the _____ you want to hear while “_______ ____” any other noises.

Answer 16

Auscultation, sounds
sounds, blocking out,