Test your basic knowledge |

Osteopathic Principles

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. In a normally compensated scoliosis of the lumbar spine - the atructural rrelationship usually found is...






2. What is the manipulative method utilized to assist in the movement of fluids?






3. Involvement of the greater splanchnic nerves directly modifies the....






4. In testing for adductor muscle contracture - you....






5. The ligaments of the vertebral column...






6. The detection of tissue texture abnormality is best achieved by






7. Osteopathic manipulative treatment is to be done how?






8. A patient has been given specific manipulation twice for an acute tissue change at T3 on the right. The response has been equivocal. What would be the next step?






9. Andrew Taylor Still was






10. The three cardinal (standard) planes of reference for the body are the....






11. Straight leg raising is a test for shortening or restriction of ____________






12. Bilateral spondylolsis of L-5 predisposes to...






13. What is the arterial supply network to the major nerve trunks and their branches?






14. What are the four skin changes that are most often signs of chronic somatic dysfunction?






15. In the lumbar spine - an increased lumbosacral angel is associated with a...






16. Palmar aspects of the hands or fingers are most sensitive...






17. In foot and ankle dysfunction - restriction will generally be found in what?






18. What is the term for a congential enlargement of the transverse processes?






19. When the resting membrane potential of a neuron requires less stimulation to reach the threshold of excitation - it is called what?






20. Flexion-extension is...






21. Chronic somatic dysfunction is best related to a palpatory finding of what?






22. The quick release component of the lymphatic pump technique as it is applied to the chse effects a ___________






23. Proper execution of direct thrust technique involves...






24. In a patient who has a chronic lateral group curve of the thoracic spine - physical findings typically include what?






25. The best criterion of successful therapeutic application of a direct trust technique is determined by what?






26. The ligaments of the vertebral column serve to help limit motion where?






27. When resting membrane potential of a neuron requires less stimulation to reach the threshold of excitation it is called _____






28. The first professional organized school of Osteopathy.






29. Palpable tissue change ina spinal segment area relatng to acute viscero somatic reflex is most evident at the _________






30. In applying stretching to the thoracic paravertebral muscles - care must be taken to introduce ________________.






31. If the Ferguson's lumbo-sacral angle is measure as 65 degrees - the line of weight bearing of the spine would be expected to pass______






32. What is the largest organ system of the body?






33. When flexion or extension is sufficient to localize force to a single segment the vertebrae....






34. The vasomotor nerve supply for the upper extremity originates a the spinal segement level of...






35. A projection of the mid-heel line in a normal patient is the same as the what?






36. The maxilla is considered an...






37. Somatic dysfunction of the midthoracic spine can cause gastrointestinal symptoms. This is an example of ________






38. Intervertebral somatic dysfunction is named for what?






39. What is the primary mechanism responsible for the maintenace of skeletal muscle tone?






40. Existence of somatic dysfunction is clinically significant because it is...






41. In testing for adductor muscle shortening or restriction - you would do what?






42. There are 10 gluteal muscles in the hip - seven of them are external rotators and three are internal rotators of the hip. The gluteus medius is part of which group?






43. The 'keystone' of the lateral longitudinal arch of the foot is what?






44. Why is the first rib not classified as a typical rib?






45. Examination of the shoulder reveals restriction of internal rotation of gleno-humeral joint. Soft tissue stretching treatment of the shoulder should be directed toward what muscles?






46. Proprioceptive impulses which may be responsible for the facilitated segment do not come from where?






47. The major upper abdominal viscera receive their sympathetic efferents via the great splanchnic nerve whose segemnts of origin are






48. The resistance to spinal movement observed in joint dysfunctions is...






49. In the standing position a test which gives a high degree of reliability for determing an anatomical short leg is...






50. Somatic dysfunction of the sacroiliac functional untis can produce symtoms of dysmenorrhea. This relationship is an example of a