Cervical Spine

Question 1

1828

Answer 1

birth of AT still

Question 2

1974

Answer 2

AT still flung the banner of oseopathy to the breeze

Question 3

1892

Answer 3

american school of osteopathy opens in kirksville

Question 4

1917

Answer 4

death of AT still

Question 5

1961

Answer 5

the california merger

Question 6

the superior facets of the atlas face

Answer 6

backward, upward, and medially and are concave

Question 7

what is the most important or most clinically significant somatic dysfunction which should be addressed in ALL newborns

Answer 7

occpital condylar compression

Question 8

Symptoms of occpital condylar compression

Answer 8

affecting cranial nerves 9, 10, and 11 it can be the cause of poor suck, swallowing, difficulties, emesis, hiccups, congenital torticollis and pyloric stenosis

Question 9

what is the primary motion of the OA joint

Answer 9

flection/extension

Question 10

complimentary motions of occiput is

Answer 10

flexion with a posterior translatory slide and extension, anterior translatory slide

Question 11

motion of the OA joint is limited by

Answer 11

muscular and ligamentous attachments

Question 12

what is the relationship of the OA joint in terms of sidebending and rotation

Answer 12

“always” opposite

Question 13

if the occiput rotates left

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occiput slides left and sidebeninds right

Question 14

what is the motion of the AA joint

Answer 14

rotation- nearly pure

Question 15

shape of the AA facets

Answer 15

all convex, wobble in flexion and extension

Question 16

somatic dysfuction occurs in ______for the AA joint

Answer 16

rotation

Question 17

the AA joint mostly closely resembles

Answer 17

type one fryette mechanism

Question 18

if the AA joint rotates right

Answer 18

left facet atlas slides uphill and right facet atlas slides downhil

Question 19

functionally what is the suboccipital articulation

Answer 19

universal swivel joint

Question 20

final compensator of the spine

Answer 20

OA and AA joints

Question 21

function of the final compensator of the spine

Answer 21

keeps eyes level
promotes binocular vision
C2C3 sustains tremendous stress between final compensator and the rest of the spin (common location for chronic somatic dysfunction

Question 22

what is the disk height ration

Answer 22

2:5

Question 23

the C3-C7 intervertebral disks are

Answer 23

thicker anteriorly

Question 24

C3-C7 intervertebral disks help maintain

Answer 24

cervical lordosis

Question 25

for the cervical joints rotation and side bending are

Answer 25

same direction

Question 26

superior atricular pillars face

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backward/upward

Question 27

inferior articular pillars face

Answer 27

foreward and downward

Question 28

in flexion _____is primary motion

Answer 28

rotation

Question 29

in backward bending ______-is the primary motion

Answer 29

sidebending

Question 30

__________maintain stability while allowing motion

Answer 30

joints of luschka

Question 31

type of joint are the joints of luschka

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specialized synovial

Question 32

when do the joints of luschka develop

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at ages 8-10

Question 33

__________act as guide rails for flexion and extension

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joints of luschka

Question 34

_________limit lateral translator motion

Answer 34

joints of luschka

Question 35

where is a really common place for somatic dysfunction to occur but is difficult to treat

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cervicothoracic junction

Question 36

hagmans fracture

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unstable fracture of the C2 pedicles with forward displacement of C1 and the body of C2 and C3

Question 37

traumatic spondyloisthesis of c2 is the result from

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hyperextension of the head relative to the neck

Question 38

use of OMT for cervicals is contraindicated if

Answer 38

there is a fracture

Question 39

articular pillars are also known as

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lateral masses

Question 40

articular pillars are the

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area between the cervical facet joints (true transverse processes are the anterior and posterior tubercles)

Question 41

anterior component usually refers to

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less prominent transverse process

Question 42

posterior component usually refers to

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positional descriptor used to determine the side of reference when rotation of a vertebrae has occurred; usually refers to the more prominent transverse process

Question 43

major motion of the occiput is

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flextion/extension

Question 44

minor motion of occiput is

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rotation and sidebending

Question 45

if it translates to the right then

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sidebent left

Question 46

if rotated right at OA then

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OA will not move anterior in extension

Question 47

suboccpital symptoms, tension, and tissue changes are almost always associated with

Answer 47

upper thoracic and rib problems on the same side

Question 48

what area souuld you treat first

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upper thoracic area

Question 49

chronic dysfunction in the cervical area is often associated with

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chronic dysfunction in the sacral area

Question 50

dysfunction in cervical region can cause

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benign cervical vertigo

Question 51

what are usually involved in acute neck problems

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scalenes and longus group (cervical prevetebral muscles)

Question 52

gross cervical motion testing will reveal restriction of rotation and sidebending to the

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same side

Question 53

sternocleidomastoid shortening causes

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rotation and sidebending opposite

Question 54

treatment of scalene and pre-vertebral muscles must start with treatment of

Answer 54

thoracic 1,2,3

Question 55

what is the sequence for treating whiplash

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thoracics, suboccipital and neck

Question 56

muscle energy technqiue for acute muscle spasms of neck

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barrier is not engaged so not direct or indirect technique

Question 57

benign cervical vertigo

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vestibular disturbance caused by cervical muscle spasm, tenderness, and tissue texture changes in the OA and upper cervical areas