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Osteopathic Principles

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1. Involvement of the greater splanchnic nerves directly modifies the....
Sympathetics via celiac plexus
Costo-transverse area
Batwing deformity
Hamstring muscles

2. Intervertebral somatic dysfunctions is named for the upper in relation to what?
Posterior articular facet approximation.
The lower segment.
Serve to thelp limit motion at the extremes
Evert the foot

3. The resistance to spinal movement observed in joint dysfunctions is...
Internal rotator
Different in every plane of motion
Evert the foot
T10-T11

4. Somatic dysfunction of the sacroiliac functional untis can produce symtoms of dysmenorrhea. This relationship is an example of a
Somato-visceral reflex
At its extremes
Conservatively in proportion to the amount of tissue damage which is suspected.
Abduct the leg

5. The function of the gastrocnemius-plantaris-soleus muscle comibation is to...
Somato-visceral reflex
Sympathetics via celiac plexus
Evert the foot
Freedom of forward/backward bending

6. Bilateral spondylolsis of L-5 predisposes to...
Facilitation
The major motions of the joint.
Spondylolisthesis
Proprioceptive muscle spindle reflex

7. What is the largest organ system of the body?
Spondylolisthesis
Musculoskeletal
Forward bending of the lumbar spine
Proprioceptive muscle spindle reflex

8. Psoas major is responsible for...
Posterior articular facet approximation.
Different in every plane of motion
Forward bending of the lumbar spine
Palpating right vs. left and above vs. below

9. Intervertebral somatic dysfunction is named for what?
Conservatively in proportion to the amount of tissue damage which is suspected.
Musculoskeletal
Engaging the barrier - followed by a short - quick thrust
The upper vertebral body in relation to the lower

10. In foot and ankle dysfunction - restriction will generally be found in what?
Flex the knee on the thigh
The major motions of the joint.
Site predisposing to disease
Re-evaluate diagnosis

11. The detection of tissue texture abnormality is best achieved by
And release force slowly and to avoid rolling the hands over spinous processes.
Is stationary relative to the lever though which force is applied
Palpating right vs. left and above vs. below
Forward bending of the lumbar spine

12. When flexion or extension is sufficient to localize force to a single segment the vertebrae....
C7-T1
At its extremes
A Virginian whose family migrated to Missouri and Kansas
Rotates and sidebends to the same side

13. 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?
Re-evaluate diagnosis
Sympathetics via celiac plexus
Difference in iliac crest heighths
Thinning of skin - smooth shiny appearance - dryness and loss of hair

14. Andrew Taylor Still was
A Virginian whose family migrated to Missouri and Kansas
The head of the rib does not articulate with the demifacet of the segment above.
At its extremes
Mid-sagittal plane

15. Existence of somatic dysfunction is clinically significant because it is...
Costo-transverse area
Mid-sagittal plane
Site predisposing to disease
Sidebent to the left and rotated to the right

16. In testing for adductor muscle shortening or restriction - you would do what?
And release force slowly and to avoid rolling the hands over spinous processes.
Abduct the leg
Freedom of forward/backward bending
Hamstring muscles

17. The ligaments of the vertebral column serve to help limit motion where?
Cuboid
At its extremes
Right roation is freer than left rotation and left rotation is restricted.
Flex the knee on the thigh

18. Palpable tissue change ina spinal segment area relatng to acute viscero somatic reflex is most evident at the _________
At its extremes
Re-evaluation of motion of the treated area.
Costo-transverse area
For temperature sense

19. What is the term for a congential enlargement of the transverse processes?
Batwing deformity
Soft tissue treatment.
Mid-sagittal plane
Posterior articular facet approximation.

20. When the spine is in neutral and side bending is introduced - the segments move in ______.
Mid-sagittal plane
Freedom of forward/backward bending
The head of the rib does not articulate with the demifacet of the segment above.
Groups

21. Somatic dysfunction of the midthoracic spine can cause gastrointestinal symptoms. This is an example of ________
Right roation is freer than left rotation and left rotation is restricted.
Firm - fibrotic changes
Freedom of forward/backward bending
Somato-visceral reflex

22. What are the four skin changes that are most often signs of chronic somatic dysfunction?
External rotator muscles.
Evert the foot
Thinning of skin - smooth shiny appearance - dryness and loss of hair
Unpaired cranial bone

23. A physical finding as 'rotated right' would imply what?
Right roation is freer than left rotation and left rotation is restricted.
Re-evaluate diagnosis
The major motions of the joint.
Deep sacral suclus left - lubar lateral curve convex left - low iliac crest left.

24. What relaxes or stimulates - depending on how it is applied?
Groups
Right roation is freer than left rotation and left rotation is restricted.
Posterior articular facet approximation.
Soft tissue treatment.

25. In a normally compensated scoliosis of the lumbar spine - the atructural rrelationship usually found is...
Soft tissue treatment.
Vertebral body is rotated into the convexity
T10-T11
Freedom of forward/backward bending

26. The assessment of spinous processes is very useful in determining what?
Freedom of forward/backward bending
Fascia
Evert the foot
The head of the rib does not articulate with the demifacet of the segment above.

27. Why is the first rib not classified as a typical rib?
Internal rotator
The head of the rib does not articulate with the demifacet of the segment above.
Anterior to the sacral base
Sympathetics via celiac plexus

28. The vasomotor nerve supply for the upper extremity originates a the spinal segement level of...
Difference in iliac crest heighths
Right roation is freer than left rotation and left rotation is restricted.
C7-T1
Thoracic pump - resistive duction and muscle energy techniques - cervical soft tissue treatment - manipulation to improve sympathetic vasomotor function.

29. Typical accomodation to an anatomically short left leg would be expected to be associated with what?
Flex the knee on the thigh
Deep sacral suclus left - lubar lateral curve convex left - low iliac crest left.
Somato-visceral reflex
Serve to thelp limit motion at the extremes

30. The major upper abdominal viscera receive their sympathetic efferents via the great splanchnic nerve whose segemnts of origin are
Costo-transverse area
T5-T9
Facilitation
Negative intrathoracic pressure

31. Most reliable palpatory finding of a suspected disease process.
Rotates and sidebends to the same side
Mobility changes
Mid-sagittal plane
The head of the rib does not articulate with the demifacet of the segment above.

32. When the occiput is consdiered posterior on the right - the occiput is considered
Sidebent to the left and rotated to the right
Anterior to the sacral base
External rotator muscles.
Engaging the barrier - followed by a short - quick thrust

33. In testing for adductor muscle contracture - you....
Unpaired cranial bone
Batwing deformity
Right roation is freer than left rotation and left rotation is restricted.
Flex the knee on the thigh

34. When resting membrane potential of a neuron requires less stimulation to reach the threshold of excitation it is called _____
Facilitation
Somato-visceral reflex
The lower segment.
Difference in iliac crest heighths

35. Adrenal disturbances are related to somatic dysfuntion at what spinal segmental level?
Flex the knee on the thigh
Motion in a sagittal plane in relation to a transverse axis.
T10-T11
Vertebral body is rotated into the convexity

36. What is the primary mechanism responsible for the maintenace of skeletal muscle tone?
Proprioceptive muscle spindle reflex
Freedom of forward/backward bending
Forward bending of the lumbar spine
Prominence of the concave side transverse processes due to vertebral rotation.

37. Straight leg raising is a test for shortening or restriction of ____________
Horizontal - sagittal - coronal
Hamstring muscles
Groups
Engaging the barrier - followed by a short - quick thrust

38. Flexion-extension is...
Motion in a sagittal plane in relation to a transverse axis.
Conservatively in proportion to the amount of tissue damage which is suspected.
Mid-sagittal plane
A Virginian whose family migrated to Missouri and Kansas

39. The 'keystone' of the lateral longitudinal arch of the foot is what?
Musculoskeletal
Spondylolisthesis
Vertebral body is rotated into the convexity
Cuboid

40. Osteopathic manipulative treatment is to be done how?
Difference in iliac crest heighths
Flex the knee on the thigh
Conservatively in proportion to the amount of tissue damage which is suspected.
Thoracic pump - resistive duction and muscle energy techniques - cervical soft tissue treatment - manipulation to improve sympathetic vasomotor function.

41. In applying stretching to the thoracic paravertebral muscles - care must be taken to introduce ________________.
At its extremes
Mobility changes
And release force slowly and to avoid rolling the hands over spinous processes.
Unpaired cranial bone

42. The ligaments of the vertebral column...
The upper vertebral body in relation to the lower
C7-T1
Engaging the barrier - followed by a short - quick thrust
Serve to thelp limit motion at the extremes

43. In the lumbar spine - an increased lumbosacral angel is associated with a...
Costo-transverse area
Thinning of skin - smooth shiny appearance - dryness and loss of hair
A Virginian whose family migrated to Missouri and Kansas
Posterior articular facet approximation.

44. The quick release component of the lymphatic pump technique as it is applied to the chse effects a ___________
Soft tissue treatment.
Negative intrathoracic pressure
The upper vertebral body in relation to the lower
Flex the knee on the thigh

45. What is the manipulative method utilized to assist in the movement of fluids?
Sympathetics via celiac plexus
Rotates and sidebends to the same side
Thoracic pump - resistive duction and muscle energy techniques - cervical soft tissue treatment - manipulation to improve sympathetic vasomotor function.
Deep sacral suclus left - lubar lateral curve convex left - low iliac crest left.

46. Chronic somatic dysfunction is best related to a palpatory finding of what?
Conservatively in proportion to the amount of tissue damage which is suspected.
Batwing deformity
Firm - fibrotic changes
Evert the foot

47. A fulcrum and/or axis
Is stationary relative to the lever though which force is applied
Right roation is freer than left rotation and left rotation is restricted.
Horizontal - sagittal - coronal
Rotates and sidebends to the same side

48. When the resting membrane potential of a neuron requires less stimulation to reach the threshold of excitation - it is called what?
Facilitation
A Virginian whose family migrated to Missouri and Kansas
Internal rotator
Somato-visceral reflex

49. Involvement of the greater splanchnic nerves directly modifies what?
For temperature sense
Sympathetics via celiac plexus
Proprioceptive muscle spindle reflex
American School of Osteopathy - Kirksville - MO

50. What is the arterial supply network to the major nerve trunks and their branches?
Vertebral body is rotated into the convexity
Sympathetics via celiac plexus
Vasa nervorum
Costo-transverse area