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Osteopathic Principles

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. The first professional organized school of Osteopathy.






9. When the occiput is consdiered posterior on the right - the occiput is considered






10. 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?






11. A fulcrum and/or axis






12. 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?






13. A physical finding as 'rotated right' would imply what?






14. When the spine is in neutral and side bending is introduced - the segments move in ______.






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






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






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






18. Psoas major is responsible for...






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






20. What relaxes or stimulates - depending on how it is applied?






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






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






23. 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?






24. Intervertebral somatic dysfunction is named for what?






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






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






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






28. In a normally compensated scoliosis of the lumbar spine - the atructural rrelationship usually found is...






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






30. Somactic dysfunction of the sacra-iliac functional units can produce symptoms of dysmenorrhea. This relationship is an example of what reflex?






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






32. Typical accomodation to an anatomically short left leg would be expected to be associated with what?






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






34. Most reliable palpatory finding of a suspected disease process.






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






36. The ligaments of the vertebral column...






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






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






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






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






41. Andrew Taylor Still was






42. The maxilla is considered an...






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






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






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






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






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






48. Intervertebral somatic dysfunctions is named for the upper in relation to what?






49. The function of the gastrocnemius-plantaris-soleus muscle comibation is to...






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