1.8.15 - Cranial Lab - Kania

Question 1

midline bones

Answer 1

flex and extend

sphenoid, occiput, ethmoid (medial), vomer, sacrum

Question 2

ethmoid

Answer 2

medial and lateral

-midline and paired

Question 3

flexion

Answer 3

SBS superior surface - greater convexity

external rotation of paired bones

Question 4

bregma

Answer 4

coronal and sagittal join

Question 5

extension

Answer 5

bregman ascends

paired - internal rotation

Question 6

5 tenets

Answer 6

1 - fluctuation of CSF and tide
2 - mobility of intracranial and intraspinal membranes and function of RTM
3 - inherent motility of nervous system
4 - inherent mobility of cranial bones
5 - inherent mobility of sacrum between ilium

Question 7

torsion

Answer 7

AP axis

sphenoid and occiput rotate opposite

Question 8

naming of torsion

Answer 8

greater wing of sphenoid superior

Question 9

sidebending rotation

Answer 9

AP axis and 2 parallel vertical axis - body of sphenoid and foramen magnum

AP axis - same direction

Question 10

naming of SBR

Answer 10

side of convexity of SBS

ex/ SBS moves to right in right SBR

and greater wing of sphenoid lower on side of convexity of SBS

Question 11

SBR

Answer 11

• inferiorly and spread apart
• superiorly and approximate

named by side that is inferior and spread apart

Question 12

SBS compression

Answer 12

motion loss

can be from induced labor

basisphenoid and basiocciput approximate

Question 13

vertical strain

Answer 13

inferior and superior

named by position of basisphenoid

parallel transverse axes in same direction

Question 14

sphenoid in flexion and occiput in extension

Answer 14

superior vertical strain

Question 15

lateral strain

Answer 15

parallel vertical axes in same direction

named by position of basisphenoid
-right or left

Question 16

vault hold

Answer 16

thumb touch along sagittal suture

• index finger - greater wing of sphenoid
• middle finger front of ear
• fourth finger mastoid
• 5th finger occiput

finger pad contact skull

entire finger and palm in contact

Question 17

venous sinus technique

Answer 17

release occipital sinus and confluence of sinuses by resting head at external occipital protuberance on fingertips of middle fingers

hold until feel softening of bone

move fingers down midline of occiput

continue toward foramen magnum

Question 18

increase PRM

Answer 18

exercise, fever, cranial OMT

Question 19

decrease PRM

Answer 19

stress, fatigue, infection, depression, poisoning

Question 20

jugular sinus

Answer 20

fingertip along condylar ascpect of occiput

Question 21

transverse sinus

Answer 21

occipital ridge on fingertips

Question 22

straight sinus

Answer 22

fingertips on occipital ridge and cross thumbs over eachover

Question 23

sagittal sinus

Answer 23

thumbs at external occipital protuberance

Question 24

venous sinus technique summary

Answer 24

1 - external occipital protuberance - confluens of sinus
2 - down occipital sinus to condylar parts
3 - decompression of condylar parts - opens jugular foramen
4 - external occipital protuberance, transverse sinus, straight sinus
5 - sagittal sinus - sagittal suture and metopic suture