Cranial I Flashcards
What type of technique is cranial? Direct or indirect?
Myofascial release
Both direct and indirect
Generally, when doing cranial on children, do you use direct or indirect? Adults?
Children = direct Adults = indirect
True or false: you are addressing the entire body with cranial
True?
What is the main difference between cranial and other OMM modalities?
Much gentler
What is the “dichotomy” that OMM think exists in regards to cranial?
That there are suture lines that indicate movement blah blah blah solid box
True or false: the articular surfaces are designed for motion, not the result of motion
False– result of motion, not designed for motion
What is the nasion?
Nasal bone
What is the pterion?
Where the frontal, temporal, sphenoid, and parietal bones come together
What is the asterion?
Where the temporal bone, occiput, and parietal bone come together
What is the squamoparietal suture?
Squamous portion of the temporal bone, between the temporal and parietal bones
What is beveling?
What happens when two sutures come together–need to have internal and external bevels
What is the suture that lies on the posterior aspect of the skull?
Lambdoid suture
What is the occipitomastoid suture?
Suture between the temporal bone and occiput
What is the primary respiratory mechanism?
Why is the PRM primary?
Because it is directly concerned with the internal tissue respiration of the CNS
Why is the PRM respiratory?
Because it concerns the physiological function of the interchange of fluids necessary for normal metabolism
Why is the PRM a mechanism?
Because all the constituent parts work together as a unit carrying out this fundamental physiology
PRM is the primary motility of what?
CNS
PRM is the fluctuation of what?
CSF