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Gnarly Osteopathic Principles

Subjects : health-sciences, osteopathy

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Answer 38 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Purpose of vault hold
Tension HA
To address strains at the sphenobasilar synchondrosis
Occur when a muscle shortens while generating force; In relation to the elbow - the upward motion when performing a bicep curl
Rupture of berry aneurysm

2. Purpose of cranial lift technique
Occur against resistance in which the angular change of joint motion is at the same rate (velocity); The counterforce is less than the patient's force.
10-14 cycles per minute
Aid in the balance of membranous tension.
Stress - depression - chronic fatigue - and chronic infection

3. Paired bones of the cranium
Frontal - temporal - and parietal bones
Most superior
Cluster headaches
T1-T4

4. Severe - burning pain at the site of injury with no evidence of nerve injury
T11-L2
CRPS-1
Rupture of berry aneurysm
Sphenoid - occiput - ethmoid - and vomer bones

5. Which ribs display caliper motion?
To address strains at the sphenobasilar synchondrosis
Ribs 11-12
Most inferior
Ribs 1-5

6. Normal pace of PRM
T1-T4
Stress - depression - chronic fatigue - and chronic infection
It extends (counternutates)
10-14 cycles per minute

7. Which ribs display bucket handle motion?
External rotation - flexion
Increase venous flow through the venous sinuses
Ribs 6-10
Most inferior

8. Pes planus
Stress - depression - chronic fatigue - and chronic infection
It flexes (nutates)
Increase venous flow through the venous sinuses
Flattened longitudinal arch

9. Symptoms of an ascending headache associated with hypertonicity of the head and neck - diffuse pain - and absence of neurological symptoms or photosensitivity
Female - fat - forty - and fertile.
Tension HA
Frontal - temporal - and parietal bones
CRPS-2

10. Isometric contraction
When a muscle contracts while maintaining constant length. An example of an isometric contraction would be pushing against an immovable object.
T11-L2
CRPS-1
CRPS-2

11. Eccentric muscle contractions
CRPS-2
Stress - depression - chronic fatigue - and chronic infection
Muscle increases in length with contraction; The muscle elongates while under tension due to opposing forces being greater than the force generated by the muscle - such as the lowering motion of a bicep curl.
Tension HA

12. Inhaled rib groups are treated by starting at which rib in the set?
Female - fat - forty - and fertile.
Most inferior
CRPS-1
Compression of the posterior tibial nerve and/or the plantar nerve in the tarsal tunnel - resulting in pain and/or paresthesia of the plantar surface.

13. Four F's associated with Cholecystitis
Female - fat - forty - and fertile.
Muscle increases in length with contraction; The muscle elongates while under tension due to opposing forces being greater than the force generated by the muscle - such as the lowering motion of a bicep curl.
Occur when a muscle shortens while generating force; In relation to the elbow - the upward motion when performing a bicep curl
Foramen magnum - C2 - C3 - and S2

14. Where does the dura mater attach in the sacrum?
Posterior superior portion of the S2 segment
Flattened longitudinal arch
Ribs 1-5
T11-L2

15. Pes cavus
External rotation - flexion
It extends (counternutates)
T1-T4
The longitudinal arch is raised

16. Isokinetic muscle contractions

17. During the craniosacral extension phase of the PRM - how does the sacrum move?
When a muscle contracts while maintaining constant length. An example of an isometric contraction would be pushing against an immovable object.
Most superior
Muscle increases in length with contraction; The muscle elongates while under tension due to opposing forces being greater than the force generated by the muscle - such as the lowering motion of a bicep curl.
It flexes (nutates)

18. On inhalation How do the paired bones move? the midline bones?
CRPS-1
External rotation - flexion
Occur when a muscle shortens while generating force; In relation to the elbow - the upward motion when performing a bicep curl
Rupture of berry aneurysm

19. Plyometric muscle contraction
10-14 cycles per minute
It extends (counternutates)
Compression of the posterior tibial nerve and/or the plantar nerve in the tarsal tunnel - resulting in pain and/or paresthesia of the plantar surface.
A muscle that is loaded and contracted in a rapid sequence

20. Concentric muscle contractions
To address strains at the sphenobasilar synchondrosis
Compression of the posterior tibial nerve and/or the plantar nerve in the tarsal tunnel - resulting in pain and/or paresthesia of the plantar surface.
10-14 cycles per minute
Occur when a muscle shortens while generating force; In relation to the elbow - the upward motion when performing a bicep curl

21. Tarsal tunnel syndrome
Flattened longitudinal arch
Posterior superior portion of the S2 segment
Ribs 11-12
Compression of the posterior tibial nerve and/or the plantar nerve in the tarsal tunnel - resulting in pain and/or paresthesia of the plantar surface.

22. Pseudotumor cerebri
Most superior
An increase in intracranial pressure in the absense of any distinct pathological entity or mass. Symptoms include headache - nausea - vomiting - diplopia - and fundoscopic exam shows papilledema.
10-14 cycles per minute
Cluster headaches

23. Isotonic

24. Sympathetic innervation to the lower extremity is supplied by which spinal cord segments
To separate restricted or impacted sutures.
T11-L2
Rupture of berry aneurysm
External rotation - flexion

25. Isolytic muscle contractions
Constant muscle tension as a muscle changes length (constant force). Eccentric and concentric muscle contractions are two examples of isotonic contractions. Operator force is less than the patient's force.
It extends (counternutates)
A form of eccentric contraction where the counterforce is greater than the patient force.
Compression of the posterior tibial nerve and/or the plantar nerve in the tarsal tunnel - resulting in pain and/or paresthesia of the plantar surface.

26. Purpose of CV4
It flexes (nutates)
Tension HA
To help enhance the cranial rhythmic impulse
External rotation - flexion

27. Which spinal cord segments supply sympathetic innervation to the head and neck
The longitudinal arch is raised
Foramen magnum - C2 - C3 - and S2
External rotation - flexion
T1-T4

28. Headache that is unilateral and periorbital with a rapid onset. They are commonly associated with nasal stuffiness - watery eyes
Cluster headaches
Ribs 1-5
T11-L2
Compression of the posterior tibial nerve and/or the plantar nerve in the tarsal tunnel - resulting in pain and/or paresthesia of the plantar surface.

29. Midline bones of the cranium
Increase venous flow through the venous sinuses
Ribs 6-10
Sphenoid - occiput - ethmoid - and vomer bones
CRPS-2

30. Patients typically complain of an acute - rapid-onset 'worst headache of their their life.' It may be accompanied by visual disturbances - loss of consciousness - nausea - vomiting - and intractable pain.
Stress - depression - chronic fatigue - and chronic infection
Flattened longitudinal arch
Compression of the posterior tibial nerve and/or the plantar nerve in the tarsal tunnel - resulting in pain and/or paresthesia of the plantar surface.
Rupture of berry aneurysm

31. Which ribs display pump handle motion?
Ribs 11-12
External rotation - flexion
When a muscle contracts while maintaining constant length. An example of an isometric contraction would be pushing against an immovable object.
Ribs 1-5

32. Purpose of V spread
10-14 cycles per minute
Occur when a muscle shortens while generating force; In relation to the elbow - the upward motion when performing a bicep curl
To separate restricted or impacted sutures.
External rotation - flexion

33. Name the 4 attachments of the dura mater to the skeleton
To address strains at the sphenobasilar synchondrosis
Foramen magnum - C2 - C3 - and S2
When a muscle contracts while maintaining constant length. An example of an isometric contraction would be pushing against an immovable object.
Ribs 1-5

34. Exhaled rib groups are treated by starting at which rib in the set?
Posterior superior portion of the S2 segment
Muscle increases in length with contraction; The muscle elongates while under tension due to opposing forces being greater than the force generated by the muscle - such as the lowering motion of a bicep curl.
Most superior
Most inferior

35. Widespread edema - diminished hair growth - cracked and brittle nails - severe and diffuse osteoporosis - joints thickening - and muscle atrophy; with evidence of nerve injury
CRPS-2
Foramen magnum - C2 - C3 - and S2
Cluster headaches
Most inferior

36. Factors that slow the PRM
Compression of the posterior tibial nerve and/or the plantar nerve in the tarsal tunnel - resulting in pain and/or paresthesia of the plantar surface.
Frontal - temporal - and parietal bones
To address strains at the sphenobasilar synchondrosis
Stress - depression - chronic fatigue - and chronic infection

37. During the craniosacral flexion phase of the PRM - how does the sacrum move?
It extends (counternutates)
Ribs 11-12
Rupture of berry aneurysm
A muscle that is loaded and contracted in a rapid sequence

38. The purpose of the venous sinus technique
Stress - depression - chronic fatigue - and chronic infection
Increase venous flow through the venous sinuses
Ribs 1-5
Ribs 11-12