MBLEX Endocrine & Digestive Physiology Questions With
Updated 2025/2026 Answers
Which condition is a result of congestive heart failure?
A: Edema
B: Cerebral atherosclerosis
C: Aortic aneurysm
D::Anemia - correct answer A: Edema
The process of breaking food down physically and chemically for absorption
and use by the body is called...?
A: peristalsis
B: digestion
C: metabolism
D: mitosis - correct answer B: digestion
A ventricular thrombus is usually located in which part of the body?
A: Leg
B: Brain
C: Heart
D: Kidney - correct answer C: Heart
What commonality do biofeedback, massage, aromatherapy, medication, and
hypnosis share?
,A: Strategies for pain management
B: Methods of massage
C: Risk factors for pain
D: Methods of controlling inflammation - correct answer A: Strategies for pain
management
Which term means that the practitioner is unable to separate the therapeutic
relationship from personal feelings for and expectations of the client?
A: Personal expectation
B: Personification
C: Transference
D: Countertransference - correct answer D: Countertransference
The difference between benign tumors and malignant rumors is that...?
A: early detection is easier for malignant tumors.
B: malignant tumors are bigger.
C: benign tumors remain localized within tissues.
D: benign tumors cannot grow rapidly. - correct answer C: benign tumors
remain localized within tissues.
The assessment form indicates that the client has an anterior tilt of the pelvis
bilaterally. Which statement describes what the massage therapist should see
and feel during physical assessment of the client?
A: Hiking of one hip higher than the other.
B: Twisting to the left.
,C: Flexion at the hips.
D: Retraction of the scapulae. - correct answer C: Flexion at the hips.
Who create the program called Swedish gymnastic movements?
A: Fran Tappan
B: Per Henrik Ling
C: Dr. Johan Mezger
D: Dr. John Harvey Kelloff - correct answer B: Per Henrik Ling
Diabetes predisposes the skin to which condition?
A: Cancer
B: Dehydration
C: Infection
D: Hyperplasia - correct answer C: Infection
Uncontrolled emotional display may indicate problems in which area of the
brain?
A: Basal ganglia
B: Left hemisphere of the cerebrum
C: Limbic system
D: Primary motor area - correct answer C: Limbic system
Which condition in the second trimester of pregnancy requires referral to the
client's physician?
, A: Breast changes
B: Constipation
C: Preeclampsia
D: Positioning - correct answer C: Preeclampsia
A massage professional is having difficulty interpreting the charting of another
massage therapist. What type of conflict could arise from this?
A: I-message
B: Value
C: Interest
D: Data - correct answer D: Data
Which suffix means pain?
A: -asis
B: -algia
C: -ase
D: -emia - correct answer B: -algia
Where on the client is a femoral pulse assessed?
A: On the anterior surface of the foot
B: Between the anterior and superior iliac spines
C: Between the iliac crest and the coccyx
Updated 2025/2026 Answers
Which condition is a result of congestive heart failure?
A: Edema
B: Cerebral atherosclerosis
C: Aortic aneurysm
D::Anemia - correct answer A: Edema
The process of breaking food down physically and chemically for absorption
and use by the body is called...?
A: peristalsis
B: digestion
C: metabolism
D: mitosis - correct answer B: digestion
A ventricular thrombus is usually located in which part of the body?
A: Leg
B: Brain
C: Heart
D: Kidney - correct answer C: Heart
What commonality do biofeedback, massage, aromatherapy, medication, and
hypnosis share?
,A: Strategies for pain management
B: Methods of massage
C: Risk factors for pain
D: Methods of controlling inflammation - correct answer A: Strategies for pain
management
Which term means that the practitioner is unable to separate the therapeutic
relationship from personal feelings for and expectations of the client?
A: Personal expectation
B: Personification
C: Transference
D: Countertransference - correct answer D: Countertransference
The difference between benign tumors and malignant rumors is that...?
A: early detection is easier for malignant tumors.
B: malignant tumors are bigger.
C: benign tumors remain localized within tissues.
D: benign tumors cannot grow rapidly. - correct answer C: benign tumors
remain localized within tissues.
The assessment form indicates that the client has an anterior tilt of the pelvis
bilaterally. Which statement describes what the massage therapist should see
and feel during physical assessment of the client?
A: Hiking of one hip higher than the other.
B: Twisting to the left.
,C: Flexion at the hips.
D: Retraction of the scapulae. - correct answer C: Flexion at the hips.
Who create the program called Swedish gymnastic movements?
A: Fran Tappan
B: Per Henrik Ling
C: Dr. Johan Mezger
D: Dr. John Harvey Kelloff - correct answer B: Per Henrik Ling
Diabetes predisposes the skin to which condition?
A: Cancer
B: Dehydration
C: Infection
D: Hyperplasia - correct answer C: Infection
Uncontrolled emotional display may indicate problems in which area of the
brain?
A: Basal ganglia
B: Left hemisphere of the cerebrum
C: Limbic system
D: Primary motor area - correct answer C: Limbic system
Which condition in the second trimester of pregnancy requires referral to the
client's physician?
, A: Breast changes
B: Constipation
C: Preeclampsia
D: Positioning - correct answer C: Preeclampsia
A massage professional is having difficulty interpreting the charting of another
massage therapist. What type of conflict could arise from this?
A: I-message
B: Value
C: Interest
D: Data - correct answer D: Data
Which suffix means pain?
A: -asis
B: -algia
C: -ase
D: -emia - correct answer B: -algia
Where on the client is a femoral pulse assessed?
A: On the anterior surface of the foot
B: Between the anterior and superior iliac spines
C: Between the iliac crest and the coccyx
