Principles of Osteopathic Medicine (Exam 1)

Question 1

When and where was AT Still born

Answer 1

8/6/1828 in Lee County Virginia

Question 2

When did AT Still leave Virginia and head to Missouri

Answer 2

1837 at 9 years old

Question 3

What was AT Still’s fathers occupation

Answer 3

Medical doctor, Methodist circuit rider, Farmer

Question 4

How did AT’s frontier life affect his career choice

Answer 4

started skinning squirrels and animals which exposed him to anatomy and led him to become a doctor

Question 5

When is it believed AT Still discovered osteopathy and how?

Answer 5

1838

Had a headache and took a nap on a rope swing and discovered it relieved his headache

Question 6

When did AT Still start training as a physician

Answer 6

1849

Question 7

When was AT Still married

Answer 7

1849–first wife (died in 59)

1860 2nd wife

Question 8

What is AT Still’s military background

Answer 8

major in military, civil war combat surgeon

Question 9

What significant event occurred in AT’s life in February 1864

Answer 9

three of his children died of meningitis

Question 10

When did AT’s father Abram die

Answer 10

1867

Question 11

As a result of his father and children dying, what did AT Still do

Answer 11

decided to search for the right means in medicine

Question 12

What occurred in 1874

Answer 12

broke away from allopathic medicine

Question 13

What happened in 1892

Answer 13

Opened american school of osteopathy

Question 14

What happened in 1893

Answer 14

Daniel palmer as a patient, Davenport, developed chiropractic

Question 15

What occurred in 1897

Answer 15

chiropractic school opened

Question 16

When did AT Still die

Answer 16

1917

Question 17

What occurred between 19-18

Answer 17

swing flu epidemic

Question 18

What occurred in 1961-1962

Answer 18

Change from DO to MD

Question 19

When was the first state supported osteopathic medical school. Where

Answer 19

1969 in Michigan

Question 20

Define osteopathy

Answer 20

Scientific knowledge of anatomy and physiology in the hands of a person of intelligence and skill, who can apply that knowledge to the use of man when sick or wounded by strains, shocks, falls, or mechanical derangement or injury of any kind to the body

Question 21

What are the osteopathic princples

Answer 21

1. The body is a unit–mind, body, spirit
2. structure and function are interrelated
3. the body possesses self-regulatory mechanisms
4. the body has the inherent capacity to defend and repair itself
5. Abnormal pressure in one part of the body produces abnormal pressures and strains upon other parts of the body
6. When normal adaptability is disrupted, or when environmental changes overcome the body’s capacity for self-maintance, disease may ensue

Question 22

What movement within the body is essential to the maintenance of health

Answer 22

movements of body fluid

Question 23

What is the most important system connecting and integrating the viscera and musculoskeletal system

Answer 23

nervous system

Question 24

Define somatic dysfunction (WORD FOR WORD!!)

Answer 24

In is an impaired or altered function of related components of the somatic (body framework) system: skeletal, arthrodial, and myofascial structures, and related vascular, lymphatic and neural elements

Question 25

What are the signs of somatic dysfunction

Answer 25

TART changes

Question 26

What is TART

Answer 26

Tissue texture changes
Asymmetry
Restricted ROM
Tenderness

Question 27

What are the goals of OMT

Answer 27

relief of pain and reduction of other symptoms
Improve function
Increased functional movement
Improved blood supply and nutrition to the affected areas
Sufficient return flow of fluids via the lymphatic and venous systems
Removal of impediments to normal nerve transmission