Block 3 Flashcards
What are the finger positions for the vault hold?
Index finger over great wings of sphenoid
Middle finger anterior to ear on temporal w/ tip touching zygomatic process
Ring finger near asterion (junction of temporal, parietal and occiput) aproximating mastoid process
Little finger on squamous portion of occiput
Thumbs off head
What is happening to the sacrum with SBS rising in flexion?
sacrum is counternutating along its superior transverse axis
what is happening to the sacrum with SBS falling in extension?
sacrum is nutating along its superior transverse axis
Anatomically what does it mean to have flexion at the SBS?
sphenoid is flexing forward, moving counterclockwise around its transverse axis
this allows the SBS to rise
Occipit is moving clockwise around its transverse axis
Anatomically what does it mean to have extension at the SBS?
sphenoid is extending backward, moving clockwise around its transverse axis
is cranial flexion/extension a physiologic strain pattern?
yes
what are the axes in flexion/extension?
2 transverse axes
what is happening with your phantom hands with cranial flexion?
away from you and they get wider
what is happening with your phantom hands with cranial extension
towards you and your fingers get closer together
are vertical strain patterns physiologic or non physiologic?
non physiologic
what primarily causes vertical strains?
trauma
what is a vertical strain?
when the sphenoid and occiput are moving in the same direction around its transverse axis
what axes are associated with vertical strain?
2 transverse axes
where is the transverse axis of the sphenoid?
Across sphenosquamous pivots of the sphenoid
where is the transverse axis of the occiput?
Just above the jugular processes of the occiput
what is happening anatomically with a superior vertical strain?
Sphenoid base moves superior relative to the occiput base
Sphenoid in flexion
Occiput in extension
Temporals in internal rotation
both moving counterclockwise around their axes
what is happening anatomically with an inferior vertical strain?
Sphenoid base moves inferior relative to occiput base
Sphenoid in extension
Occiput in flexion
Temporals in external rotation
both moving clockwise around the axes
what is the palpatory experience for a superior vertical strain?
forefinger moves down and away
little fingers move superiorly
**both hands are rotating down and away
what is the palpatory experience for an inferior vertical strain?
forefinger moves superiorly
little finger moves inferiorly
**both hands up and towards you
How many axes are associated with torsion?
1- AP from nasion to opisthion
is a torsion a physiologic or non physiologic strain pattern?
physiologic
how do you name torsion patterns?
named for the most cephalad forefinger or greater wing of the sphenoid
when can a torsion strain happen?
trauma or just other pulls on the body
palpatory experience with a torsion?
One hand seems to rotate posteriorly or towards the operator :
the index finger moves superiorly (cephalad)
little finger moves inferiorly (caudad)
While the other hand rotates anteriorly or away from the operator
forefinger goes inferiorly (caudad)
little finger goes superiorly (cephalad)