Principles of chiropractic

Question 1

Father of chiropractic
Nerve compression theory
Subluxations caused by Thots, trauma, and toxins

Answer 1

DD Palmer

Question 2

Developer of Chiropractic profession
Developed Hole in one upper cervical technique, nerve tracing, the meric system, and the use of leg length to detect subluxations

Answer 2

BJ Palmer

Question 2

Developed the concept of motion palpation and the original Vertebral subluxation complex (VSC)

Answer 2

Leonard Faye

Question 3

Identified the 33 principles of chiropractic and is credited with the analogy of the “safety pin” cycle

Answer 3

Stephenson

Question 4

Alteration in the spine results in visceral activity

Answer 4

Somatovisceral

Question 5

Alteration in the gut results in visceral activity

Answer 5

Viscerovisceral

Question 6

Alteration in the gut results in somatic activity

Answer 6

Viscerosomatic

Question 7

Theory that receptors (nociceptors and mechanoreceptors) activated by a subluxation can cause a somatic response (somato- somatic reflex) or an autonomic reflex (somato-visceral)

Answer 7

Somato- Autonomic Reflex Hypothesis

Question 8

In the somato-somatic reflex, a subluxation can cause activation of __________ which results in ___________.

Answer 8

alpha motor nuerons
muscle spasm

Question 9

In the somato-visceral reflex a subluxation causes __________ (by activation of the lateral horn) and results in ___________.

Answer 9

Autonomic imbalance

visceral disorders such as dyspepsia and gut spasms

Question 10

Belief that systems of thought can be rationally criticized although concrete proof of such a system is impossible

Answer 10

Critical rationalism

Question 11

Doctrine based on the belief that in nature, living organisms as a whole are greater than the sum of the parts

Answer 11

Holism

Question 12

Belief that posits a particular picture of reality and existence that typically excludes the supernatural

Answer 12

Naturalism

Question 13

Doctrine in which the functions of a living organism are due to a vital essence distinct from physiochemical forces and that the processes of life are not explicable by the known laws of physics and chemistry alone

Answer 13

Vitalism

Question 14

Theory that axoplasmic flow/ transport (AXT) may be altered when nerves are irritated or compressed.
Anterograde
Retrograde

Answer 14

Axoplasmic Aberration/Trophic Hypothesis

Anterograde: Forward movement, carries nutrients for nerve growth (trophic needs)
Retrograde: Backward movement removes waste products from nerve terminals to the cell bodies

Question 15

BJ Palmer’s theory that the only place where the spinal cord can be compressed was at the Occipito-Atlanto-Axial area.

Answer 15

Cord compression hypothesis