Osteopathic Approach to Pediatric Patient Flashcards
how are the joints in infants?
cartilaginous
what is longer, the spinal cord or the spinal canal?
- they start out the same
- the spine then grows longer than the vertebrae
how are the ribs in infants?
- more horizontal
- adults are more oblique
what cranial bones help the baby during birth?
- Frontal
- Maxilla
- mandible
how is the flexion of the basicranium in infants compared to adults?
-lesser in infants… that’s why they can’t really talk like us
Where is all of our hearing stuff?
the temporal bone
-the petrous portion
What CNs pass through the temporal bone?
3-11
what cranial bone is the most susceptible to dysfunction?
the OCCIPUT!!!
What CN’s are injured during forceps delivery?
6 and 7
- nystagmus
- facial palsy
What about the temporal bones will give us increased risk for ear infections?
-internal rotation of temporal bones
what is the epiphyseal growth plate made of?
hyaline cartilage
What is the Apophysis?
- area of cartilaginous growth at insertion of a tendon
- made of fibrocartilage
- creates bony tubercles like tibial tubercle or AIIS
if there’s a little league pitch with a sore elbow?
apophysitis!
-epicondylitis
What is Wolff’s law?
-mechanical stressors will affect tissue differentiation and growth characteristics of msk tissues
What is scoliosis
abnormal lateral curvature of the spine in the saggital plane
when do the innominates fuse?
20
when do we want to treat children?
- during periods of growth
- less is more
when should you not do HVLA?
-in ppl with hypermobile joints
where is the chapman point for appendix?
-tip of rib 12
parasympathetic for nose?
-CNVII
will asthma have an inhalation or an exhalation dysfunction?
inhalation
-it’s an obstructive lung disease
Symp for Uterus?
T9-L2
Symp for ovaries?
T10-11
Symp for fallopian tubes?
T10-L2
