Vocab 6

2. Closing of blood vessels.
4. Opening of blood vessels.
6. Refers to the direction of current flow.
10. Application of heat to treat disease and traumatic injuries.
11. Rare disease that occurs minutes after cold exposure; may lead to renal dysfunction, hypertension, and coma.
13. Massage technique using cupping, hacking, and pinching movements.
14. Force that moves current along a conductor: 1 volt is the amount of electrical force required to send a current of 1 amp through a resistance of 1 ohm.
15. Rapid shaking of tissue either manually or with a mechanical vibrator.

1. Massage technique in which soft tissue is held between the thumb and forefinger and is alternately rolled, lifted, and twisted to loosen tissue and stimulate drainage.
3. Electrical current produced by applying pressure to certain crystals such as quartz.
5. Resistance to the passing of an electrical current along a conductor.
7. Measurement of electrical power.
8. Condition in which cold exposure causes vasospasm of the digital arteries lasting from minutes to hours, or possible death.
9. The transfer of heat through space from one object to another.
12. A graphic representation of the shape, direction, amplitude, and direction of a particular electrical current.
13. Small hyperirritable area within a muscle in which nerve impulses bombard the central nervous system and are expressed as a referred pain; may be active or latent.