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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. On inhalation How do the paired bones move? the midline bones?
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.
External rotation - flexion
T1-T4
CRPS-1

2. Isotonic

3. Paired bones of the cranium
Flattened longitudinal arch
Frontal - temporal - and parietal bones
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.

4. 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
Rupture of berry aneurysm
10-14 cycles per minute
T11-L2

5. 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.
Rupture of berry aneurysm
Aid in the balance of membranous tension.
To separate restricted or impacted sutures.
Occur when a muscle shortens while generating force; In relation to the elbow - the upward motion when performing a bicep curl

6. Purpose of vault hold
Most superior
To address strains at the sphenobasilar synchondrosis
A form of eccentric contraction where the counterforce is greater than the patient force.
Flattened longitudinal arch

7. The purpose of the venous sinus technique
It extends (counternutates)
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.
Increase venous flow through the venous sinuses
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.

8. Purpose of cranial lift technique
Aid in the balance of membranous tension.
Foramen magnum - C2 - C3 - and S2
Frontal - temporal - and parietal bones
Stress - depression - chronic fatigue - and chronic infection

9. Isometric contraction
Frontal - temporal - and parietal bones
Increase venous flow through the venous sinuses
When a muscle contracts while maintaining constant length. An example of an isometric contraction would be pushing against an immovable object.
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.

10. Headache that is unilateral and periorbital with a rapid onset. They are commonly associated with nasal stuffiness - watery eyes
It extends (counternutates)
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.
A form of eccentric contraction where the counterforce is greater than the patient force.
Cluster headaches

11. Where does the dura mater attach in the sacrum?
Posterior superior portion of the S2 segment
Aid in the balance of membranous tension.
T1-T4
It flexes (nutates)

12. Which ribs display pump handle motion?
Ribs 1-5
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.
To address strains at the sphenobasilar synchondrosis
Rupture of berry aneurysm

13. Factors that slow the PRM
Stress - depression - chronic fatigue - and chronic infection
It extends (counternutates)
10-14 cycles per minute
Ribs 1-5

14. Pes planus
Flattened longitudinal arch
External rotation - flexion
10-14 cycles per minute
T1-T4

15. Purpose of V spread
Ribs 1-5
Sphenoid - occiput - ethmoid - and vomer bones
Frontal - temporal - and parietal bones
To separate restricted or impacted sutures.

16. Eccentric muscle contractions
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 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.
Ribs 6-10
To help enhance the cranial rhythmic impulse

17. Isolytic muscle contractions
Posterior superior portion of the S2 segment
A muscle that is loaded and contracted in a rapid sequence
When a muscle contracts while maintaining constant length. An example of an isometric contraction would be pushing against an immovable object.
A form of eccentric contraction where the counterforce is greater than the patient force.

18. Which spinal cord segments supply sympathetic innervation to the head and neck
It extends (counternutates)
Sphenoid - occiput - ethmoid - and vomer bones
T1-T4
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.

19. Severe - burning pain at the site of injury with no evidence of nerve injury
To help enhance the cranial rhythmic impulse
To address strains at the sphenobasilar synchondrosis
Cluster headaches
CRPS-1

20. During the craniosacral extension phase of the PRM - how does the sacrum move?
Cluster headaches
Frontal - temporal - and parietal bones
The longitudinal arch is raised
It flexes (nutates)

21. Sympathetic innervation to the lower extremity is supplied by which spinal cord segments
To help enhance the cranial rhythmic impulse
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.
T11-L2
Ribs 11-12

22. Plyometric muscle contraction
Ribs 1-5
External rotation - flexion
A muscle that is loaded and contracted in a rapid sequence
Sphenoid - occiput - ethmoid - and vomer bones

23. Inhaled rib groups are treated by starting at which rib in the set?
When a muscle contracts while maintaining constant length. An example of an isometric contraction would be pushing against an immovable object.
To separate restricted or impacted sutures.
Most inferior
Flattened longitudinal arch

24. Exhaled rib groups are treated by starting at which rib in the set?
10-14 cycles per minute
It flexes (nutates)
T1-T4
Most superior

25. Purpose of CV4
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.
Cluster headaches
To help enhance the cranial rhythmic impulse
To address strains at the sphenobasilar synchondrosis

26. Tarsal tunnel syndrome
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.
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 form of eccentric contraction where the counterforce is greater than the patient force.
Posterior superior portion of the S2 segment

27. Normal pace of PRM
10-14 cycles per minute
Tension HA
Increase venous flow through the venous sinuses
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.

28. Name the 4 attachments of the dura mater to the skeleton
Ribs 6-10
Foramen magnum - C2 - C3 - and S2
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.

29. Four F's associated with Cholecystitis
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.
Ribs 11-12
Posterior superior portion of the S2 segment
Female - fat - forty - and fertile.

30. During the craniosacral flexion phase of the PRM - how does the sacrum move?
Aid in the balance of membranous tension.
Occur when a muscle shortens while generating force; In relation to the elbow - the upward motion when performing a bicep curl
It extends (counternutates)
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.

31. Midline bones of the cranium
Sphenoid - occiput - ethmoid - and vomer bones
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.
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.
Female - fat - forty - and fertile.

32. Pseudotumor cerebri
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
Posterior superior portion of the S2 segment
Frontal - temporal - and parietal bones

33. Which ribs display bucket handle motion?
Ribs 6-10
It extends (counternutates)
A form of eccentric contraction where the counterforce is greater than the patient force.
T11-L2

34. Concentric muscle contractions
T1-T4
Ribs 1-5
Occur when a muscle shortens while generating force; In relation to the elbow - the upward motion when performing a bicep curl
To help enhance the cranial rhythmic impulse

35. Pes cavus
Rupture of berry aneurysm
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.
A muscle that is loaded and contracted in a rapid sequence
The longitudinal arch is raised

36. Which ribs display caliper motion?
A form of eccentric contraction where the counterforce is greater than the patient force.
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.
Ribs 11-12
Aid in the balance of membranous tension.

37. Isokinetic muscle contractions

38. Symptoms of an ascending headache associated with hypertonicity of the head and neck - diffuse pain - and absence of neurological symptoms or photosensitivity
Tension HA
Most superior
Most inferior
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.