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Osteopathic Principles

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1. In the standing position a test which gives a high degree of reliability for determing an anatomical short leg is...
Different in every plane of motion
Difference in iliac crest heighths
Anterior to the sacral base
The head of the rib does not articulate with the demifacet of the segment above.

2. Intervertebral somatic dysfunction is named for what?
The upper vertebral body in relation to the lower
The lower segment.
Flex the knee on the thigh
The head of the rib does not articulate with the demifacet of the segment above.

3. Straight leg raising is a test for shortening or restriction of ____________
Hamstring muscles
Right roation is freer than left rotation and left rotation is restricted.
Vertebral body is rotated into the convexity
Sympathetics via celiac plexus

4. 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______
Costo-transverse area
Somato-visceral reflex
Anterior to the sacral base
Abduct the leg

5. Intervertebral somatic dysfunctions is named for the upper in relation to what?
The lower segment.
Motion in a sagittal plane in relation to a transverse axis.
Facilitation
Internal rotator

6. In applying stretching to the thoracic paravertebral muscles - care must be taken to introduce ________________.
And release force slowly and to avoid rolling the hands over spinous processes.
The upper vertebral body in relation to the lower
Soft tissue treatment.
At its extremes

7. When the resting membrane potential of a neuron requires less stimulation to reach the threshold of excitation - it is called what?
Different in every plane of motion
Somato-visceral reflex
Facilitation
Right roation is freer than left rotation and left rotation is restricted.

8. What is the term for a congential enlargement of the transverse processes?
Costo-transverse area
Posterior articular facet approximation.
Batwing deformity
T5-T9

9. Somactic dysfunction of the sacra-iliac functional units can produce symptoms of dysmenorrhea. This relationship is an example of what reflex?
Firm - fibrotic changes
External rotator muscles.
Proprioceptive muscle spindle reflex
Somato-visceral reflex

10. Somatic dysfunction of the sacroiliac functional untis can produce symtoms of dysmenorrhea. This relationship is an example of a
Somato-visceral reflex
Difference in iliac crest heighths
Palpating right vs. left and above vs. below
Groups

11. Proprioceptive impulses which may be responsible for the facilitated segment do not come from where?
Fascia
Cuboid
Prominence of the concave side transverse processes due to vertebral rotation.
Re-evaluate diagnosis

12. Chronic somatic dysfunction is best related to a palpatory finding of what?
At the apex
Firm - fibrotic changes
The major motions of the joint.
Mid-sagittal plane

13. Involvement of the greater splanchnic nerves directly modifies what?
Firm - fibrotic changes
Sympathetics via celiac plexus
Right roation is freer than left rotation and left rotation is restricted.
T10-T11

14. Andrew Taylor Still was
Serve to thelp limit motion at the extremes
A Virginian whose family migrated to Missouri and Kansas
Engaging the barrier - followed by a short - quick thrust
Evert the foot

15. Bilateral spondylolsis of L-5 predisposes to...
Evert the foot
Spondylolisthesis
Mobility changes
Anterior to the sacral base

16. Involvement of the greater splanchnic nerves directly modifies the....
Conservatively in proportion to the amount of tissue damage which is suspected.
Unpaired cranial bone
Sympathetics via celiac plexus
And release force slowly and to avoid rolling the hands over spinous processes.

17. Existence of somatic dysfunction is clinically significant because it is...
Facilitation
At its extremes
A Virginian whose family migrated to Missouri and Kansas
Site predisposing to disease

18. When resting membrane potential of a neuron requires less stimulation to reach the threshold of excitation it is called _____
Facilitation
Batwing deformity
At its extremes
Internal rotator

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

20. The three cardinal (standard) planes of reference for the body are the....
Vertebral body is rotated into the convexity
Horizontal - sagittal - coronal
Re-evaluate diagnosis
Musculoskeletal

21. What are the four skin changes that are most often signs of chronic somatic dysfunction?
Facilitation
Thinning of skin - smooth shiny appearance - dryness and loss of hair
Motion in a sagittal plane in relation to a transverse axis.
Re-evaluation of motion of the treated area.

22. Flexion-extension is...
The upper vertebral body in relation to the lower
Right roation is freer than left rotation and left rotation is restricted.
Site predisposing to disease
Motion in a sagittal plane in relation to a transverse axis.

23. Why is the first rib not classified as a typical rib?
The head of the rib does not articulate with the demifacet of the segment above.
Horizontal - sagittal - coronal
T10-T11
Vertebral body is rotated into the convexity

24. The function of the gastrocnemius-plantaris-soleus muscle comibation is to...
Evert the foot
Freedom of forward/backward bending
Sidebent to the left and rotated to the right
Spondylolisthesis

25. What is the manipulative method utilized to assist in the movement of fluids?
Batwing deformity
Conservatively in proportion to the amount of tissue damage which is suspected.
Freedom of forward/backward bending
Thoracic pump - resistive duction and muscle energy techniques - cervical soft tissue treatment - manipulation to improve sympathetic vasomotor function.

26. Palpable tissue change ina spinal segment area relatng to acute viscero somatic reflex is most evident at the _________
Prominence of the concave side transverse processes due to vertebral rotation.
Sympathetics via celiac plexus
Costo-transverse area
Right roation is freer than left rotation and left rotation is restricted.

27. The 'keystone' of the lateral longitudinal arch of the foot is what?
Cuboid
External rotator muscles.
Costo-transverse area
Negative intrathoracic pressure

28. 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?
Mobility changes
External rotator muscles.
Unpaired cranial bone
Thinning of skin - smooth shiny appearance - dryness and loss of hair

29. Most reliable palpatory finding of a suspected disease process.
Mobility changes
Different in every plane of motion
Sidebent to the left and rotated to the right
The head of the rib does not articulate with the demifacet of the segment above.

30. What is the primary mechanism responsible for the maintenace of skeletal muscle tone?
Re-evaluation of motion of the treated area.
American School of Osteopathy - Kirksville - MO
At its extremes
Proprioceptive muscle spindle reflex

31. In a normally compensated scoliosis of the lumbar spine - the atructural rrelationship usually found is...
Facilitation
Mid-sagittal plane
Vertebral body is rotated into the convexity
Abduct the leg

32. The resistance to spinal movement observed in joint dysfunctions is...
Thinning of skin - smooth shiny appearance - dryness and loss of hair
Different in every plane of motion
Internal rotator
Mid-sagittal plane

33. A projection of the mid-heel line in a normal patient is the same as the what?
Mid-sagittal plane
The lower segment.
Site predisposing to disease
Somato-visceral reflex

34. Psoas major is responsible for...
The head of the rib does not articulate with the demifacet of the segment above.
Fascia
Sympathetics via celiac plexus
Forward bending of the lumbar spine

35. In a patient who has a chronic lateral group curve of the thoracic spine - physical findings typically include what?
Prominence of the concave side transverse processes due to vertebral rotation.
The upper vertebral body in relation to the lower
Abduct the leg
Somato-visceral reflex

36. In testing for adductor muscle contracture - you....
Difference in iliac crest heighths
Flex the knee on the thigh
Fascia
T10-T11

37. What relaxes or stimulates - depending on how it is applied?
Engaging the barrier - followed by a short - quick thrust
Right roation is freer than left rotation and left rotation is restricted.
Anterior to the sacral base
Soft tissue treatment.

38. In foot and ankle dysfunction - restriction will generally be found in what?
The head of the rib does not articulate with the demifacet of the segment above.
Groups
The major motions of the joint.
American School of Osteopathy - Kirksville - MO

39. The best criterion of successful therapeutic application of a direct trust technique is determined by what?
Vertebral body is rotated into the convexity
Re-evaluation of motion of the treated area.
Different in every plane of motion
Thinning of skin - smooth shiny appearance - dryness and loss of hair

40. What is the arterial supply network to the major nerve trunks and their branches?
Prominence of the concave side transverse processes due to vertebral rotation.
Is stationary relative to the lever though which force is applied
Vasa nervorum
And release force slowly and to avoid rolling the hands over spinous processes.

41. Somatic dysfunction of the midthoracic spine can cause gastrointestinal symptoms. This is an example of ________
Is stationary relative to the lever though which force is applied
Internal rotator
Re-evaluate diagnosis
Somato-visceral reflex

42. The major upper abdominal viscera receive their sympathetic efferents via the great splanchnic nerve whose segemnts of origin are
Sympathetics via celiac plexus
T5-T9
Site predisposing to disease
Re-evaluate diagnosis

43. The quick release component of the lymphatic pump technique as it is applied to the chse effects a ___________
Engaging the barrier - followed by a short - quick thrust
Motion in a sagittal plane in relation to a transverse axis.
For temperature sense
Negative intrathoracic pressure

44. In lateral curves - the maximal rotation will occur where?
Mobility changes
Hamstring muscles
And release force slowly and to avoid rolling the hands over spinous processes.
At the apex

45. The maxilla is considered an...
Unpaired cranial bone
C7-T1
Site predisposing to disease
And release force slowly and to avoid rolling the hands over spinous processes.

46. A fulcrum and/or axis
Difference in iliac crest heighths
For temperature sense
Horizontal - sagittal - coronal
Is stationary relative to the lever though which force is applied

47. A physical finding as 'rotated right' would imply what?
Somato-visceral reflex
Rotates and sidebends to the same side
Right roation is freer than left rotation and left rotation is restricted.
Sympathetics via celiac plexus

48. When the spine is in neutral and side bending is introduced - the segments move in ______.
Proprioceptive muscle spindle reflex
Conservatively in proportion to the amount of tissue damage which is suspected.
At its extremes
Groups

49. The vasomotor nerve supply for the upper extremity originates a the spinal segement level of...
Costo-transverse area
Thoracic pump - resistive duction and muscle energy techniques - cervical soft tissue treatment - manipulation to improve sympathetic vasomotor function.
Forward bending of the lumbar spine
C7-T1

50. What is the largest organ system of the body?
Soft tissue treatment.
Musculoskeletal
Flex the knee on the thigh
The head of the rib does not articulate with the demifacet of the segment above.