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Sample Final Flashcards

1
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True/False: Warmth receptors are myelinated.

A

False, cold receptors are myelinated

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2
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Before the lateral spinothalamic tract, afferent sensory input synapses in the:

A

Dorsal horn

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3
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Another name for the insular cortex is?

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Isle of Reil

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4
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What is released at the tunica media causing vascular constriction?

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Epinephrine

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5
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True/False: Heat swing is a shift over a neurological field.

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False, heat swings are multisegmental, while breaks are over a neurological field

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6
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Cervical glide speed is ____ seconds/segment with breaks located _____.

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3 sec; 1/4” below mid thermocouple

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7
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Thoracic glide speed is ____ seconds/segment with breaks located _____.

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2 sec; 1/2” above mid thermocouple

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8
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What are the advantages to using the Tytron?

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Charts progress well, highly reproducible and well-researched

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9
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True/False: Unlike the nervoscope, Tytron barrels never touch the patient.

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True

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10
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What is the proper way to conduct a fossa reading?

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“F” key, right barrel in right fossa, right barrel in left fossa

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11
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The gold standard for establishing a pattern is:

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3 scans over a 24 hour period evenly spaced

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12
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What are common causes of a stress reading?

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Pain, caffeine and drugs

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13
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While scanning a patient, you find a break between T1 and T2, what segment is indicated?

A

T1

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14
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You’re palpating your friend when you come across a patch of oily skin, what does this indicate?

A

Acute VSC

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15
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What is the most cost-effective way to objectify neurological function?

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Instrumentation

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16
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When conducting a leg check, what should be used as a reference?

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Seam of the shoe

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17
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True/False: X-Rays are taken anterior to posterior and are analyzed in the surgical view.

A

True

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18
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Static palpation doesn’t satisfy which component of the VSC?

A

Neuropathology

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19
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Glide time for the Tytron should be?

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26 seconds

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20
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X-Rays don’t satisfy which component of the PART system?

A

P- Pain and tenderness

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21
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Which is not a Tytron scan?
A. Pattern C. Break
B. Adaptive D. Stress

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C. Break

22
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When documenting nervoscope readings, what must be recorded?

A

Level involved, direction and amplitude

23
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True/False: Pathophysiology contains no components of the PART system.

A

True

24
Q

Where does a nervoscope break occur for L3?

A

Lower 25% of involved segment (L3)

25
Q

While nervoscoping a patient, a break occurred between T8-T9, which segment is indicated?

A

T9

26
Q

Decreased P-A extension, decreased left rotation and decreased left lateral bend results in what listing?

A

PLS

27
Q

SCP for T4 decreased extension, increased right rotation and decreased right lateral bend is?

A

Transverse

28
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True/False: Instrumentation indicates where there is a neuro-vascular dysfunction occurring.

A

True

29
Q

Nervoscope break occurs between T2-T3, what segment is indicated?

A

T2

30
Q

What warrants taking an X-ray?

A

Spine trauma and pain/neurological symptoms

31
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Decreased rotation, increased right rotation, decreased right lateral bend and stacking on right bending will result in what listing?

A

PLI-T

32
Q

When performing a prone leg check, always check for asymmetry in:

A

Inversion, eversion, foot flare, dorsiflexion and plantar flexion

33
Q

Which misalignments can be obtained from the APOM view?

A

C1 laterality, C2 rotation and occiput wedging

34
Q

True/False: A larger pedicle shadow on the right indicates the spinous has deviated to the right.

A

False

35
Q

What are the visual indicators for posteriority?

A

Atypical disc wedging, stacking of continuous segments and degenerative changes to endplate or disc

36
Q

What is the final component of the atlas listing?

A

Rotation on side of laterality

37
Q

During a patient exam, you find decreased extension of T4 on T5, decreased right rotation and no change in lateral bend. What is the listing?

A

T4 PR

38
Q

A 63-year-old female patient in a wheelchair comes into your office with an ankle sprain and a broken wrist. After your initial consult, you inform the patient that this will take 10 weeks or longer to heal. She seems upset, as she has a bridge tournament to participate in. Which chiropractic principle might you refer to that best explains the time it takes to heal?

A

24- Limits of adaptation

39
Q

Which portion of the VSC satisfies the “R” in the PART system?

A

Kinesiopathology

40
Q

Signs of scoliosis.

A

Skin fold asymmetry, Relative height of scapular inferior angles and a Cobb angle reading 5 degrees

41
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What causes tissue prominency?

A

Osseous misalignment

42
Q

Divergence of the APL and OPL results in:

A

AS C1/atlas

43
Q

Jeff comes into your office complaining of pain in his right hand. You take the proper x-rays and notice a fractured 5th distal phalange. VSC?

A

Kinesiopathology and scleretogenous

44
Q

Aaron is your new patient that is in pain after falling off a balcony. While gathering the story, he stated he was drinking heavily with friends. The pain is in the thigh after landing on a chair and hitting his left quad, which has been spasming since. VSC?

A

Myopathology, Histopathology and myotogenous

45
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Fred wants to run a marathon tomorrow, so he is in for a tune up to fix his “neck pain,” when you notice a break at C5 and decreased cervical range of motion. VSC?

A

Kinesiopathology, Neuropathology and scleretogenous

46
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Patient comes in with a biceps strain, decreased left cervical rotation and nervoscope shows a break to the right of C5. VSC?

A

Kinesiopathology, neuropathology and myotogenous

47
Q

A 40-year-old woman is kicked in the leg by a horse, she has bruising and is in pain. VSC?

A

Myopathology and myotogenous

48
Q

Baily is a volleyball player that comes to your office with a dislocated 3rd digit on her right hand, it is swollen and painful. VSC?

A

Kinesiopathology, Histopathology and Myotogenous

49
Q

Tim presents with a right decreased patellar reflex and a right limp.

A

Myopathology and neuropathology

50
Q

Which component of the VSC doesn’t satisfy the “P” or “T” in the PART system?

A

Kinesiopathology

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