Pearson's Massage Therapy Exam Review

PART I: Anatomy, Physiology, and Kinesiology

1. Medical Terminology

2. Organization of Body, Definitions, and Cytology

3. Integumentary System

4. Skeletal System

5. Muscular System / Kinesiology

6. Cardiovascular System

7. Lymphatic System

8. Respiratory System

9. Nervous System

10. Urinary System

11. Digestive System

12. Endocrine System

13. Reproductive System

14. 300 Questions with Answers and Rationales; Anatomy, Physiology and Kinesiology

 

PART II: Pathology and Pharmacology

15. General Pathology

16. Pathology of Systems

17. Basic Pharmacology

18. 200 Questions with Answers and Rationales; Pathology and Pharmacology

 

PART III: History, Therapeutic Massage, and Bodywork Assessment

19. History

20. Massage and Bodywork Assessment

21. Indications, Benefits and Contraindications of Massage

 

PART IV: Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork Application

22. Massage Application: Basic Principles

23. Massage Application: Methods and Techniques

24. CPR and First Aid

25. Hydrotherapy and Aromatherapy

26. 300 Questions with Answers and Rationales Therapeutic Massage Assessment/Application

27. Eastern Energy Bodywork

28. Western Energy Bodywork

29. Modalities Eastern and Western

30. 100 Questions with Answers and Rationales; Energy Bodywork

 

PART V: Ethics, Professional Standards, and Business and Legal Practices

31. Ethics of Massage and Bodywork / Standards of Practice and Professionalism

32. Business and Legal Practices

33. 100 Questions with Answers and Rationales; Ethics, Standards, Business and Legal

 

PART VI: Comprehensive Simulated Exams and Answer Keys

34. Simulated NCETMB Exam

35. Simulated NCETM Exam

36. Simulated MBLEx Exam

Appendix A: State Massage Licensing Laws

Appendix B: Massage and Bodywork Organizations and Publications