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Who founded the osteopathic medical profession? correct answers Andrew Taylor Still, MD, DO
What was the year that he said he [A.T Still] discovered osteopathy? correct answers 1874
What was the name of the first osteopathic medical school?
What year was it founded? correct answers American School of Osteopathy
1892
Where was the first osteopathic medical school founded? correct answers Kirksville, Missouri
If you had to express the osteopathic philosophy in about a five word sentence, what would it be?
correct answers Seek health in your patients
Name the four tenets of Osteopathic medical philosophy. [ knows these word for word] correct
answers 1. The human being is a dynamic unit of function [body, mind, spirit]
2. The body possesses self-regulatory mechanisms that are self healing in nature
3. Structure and function are interrelated at all levels
4. Rational treatment is based on these principles
If asked the last tenet of osteopathic medicine separately, what would you say? correct answers
Rational treatment is based on knowledge of the body unit, its self regulatory , self healing
mechanisms and that structure and function are interrelated at all levels.
What are the two most common presenting complaints which may indicate the need for OMT?
correct answers pain and restriction of motion
,Name the two values/conditions in the muscles and bones which are generally set to pathological
values in somatic dysfunction, and are the first gross values reset by OMT? correct answers 1.
muscle length and tension
2. joint surface apposition
"The rule of the artery is : _________" correct answers supreme
The first state to license the practice of osteopathy was: correct answers Vermont 1896
The last state to license the practice of osteopathic medicine was : correct answers Mississippi ,
1973
What are the five models of somatic function and dysfunction correct answers 1. Biochemical
2. Respiratory - circulatory
3. Neurologic
4. Metabolic - energy
5. Behavioral
Impaired or altered function of related components of the somatic body (body framework)
system
What is the only indication for OMT? correct answers Somatic Dysfunction
This is caused by trauma or repetitive microtrauma
Can be initiating event for multiple symptoms and events including: local pain, somatosensory
referred pain, muscle guarding, somatosomatic and somatovisceral reflexes, and creation of
secondary dysfunction correct answers Primary dysfunction
,This arises as a response to other conditions correct answers secondary dysfunction
What are TART criteria? correct answers •T: Tissue Texture Changes
•A: Asymmetry
•R: Restriction of Motion [active/passive]
•T: Tenderness [with palpation]
•Diagnosis of Somatic Dysfunction requires two of the above
Limit of motion imposed by an anatomic structure; the limit of passive range of motion correct
answers Anatomic barrier [involuntary]
Limit of active range of motion correct answers Physiologic barrier [voluntary, what a patient
can do without assistance]
The range between the physiologic and anatomic barrier of motion in which passive ligamentous
stretching occurs before tissue disruption
Ex: you are pushing the patient from the physiological barrier crossing the elastic barrier to reach
the anatomic barrier correct answers Elastic barrier
A functional limit that abnormally diminishes the normal physiologic range correct answers
Restrictive barrier
Restriction of joint motion associated with pathologic change of tissue correct answers
Pathological barrier
What is the only indication for OMT? correct answers somatic dysfunction
, Acute somatic dysfunction symptoms correct answers Warmth, moisture, Bogginess
Chronic somatic dysfunction symptoms correct answers Dryness, coolness
Is this acute or chronic? [pain]
Severe, Cutting, Sharp correct answers Acute
Acute or chronic? [pain]
Dull, achy with paresthesias correct answers Chronic
Acute or chronic? Skin changes
1. Warm, moist, red, inflamed
2. Cool, pale correct answers 1.Acute
2.Chronic
Acute or chronic? Musculature
1. Locally increased muscle tone, muscle contraction, spasm
2.Decreased muscle tone, flaccid, mushy, ropiness, somatosomatic reflexes common correct
answers 1. Acute
Who founded the osteopathic medical profession? correct answers Andrew Taylor Still, MD, DO
What was the year that he said he [A.T Still] discovered osteopathy? correct answers 1874
What was the name of the first osteopathic medical school?
What year was it founded? correct answers American School of Osteopathy
1892
Where was the first osteopathic medical school founded? correct answers Kirksville, Missouri
If you had to express the osteopathic philosophy in about a five word sentence, what would it be?
correct answers Seek health in your patients
Name the four tenets of Osteopathic medical philosophy. [ knows these word for word] correct
answers 1. The human being is a dynamic unit of function [body, mind, spirit]
2. The body possesses self-regulatory mechanisms that are self healing in nature
3. Structure and function are interrelated at all levels
4. Rational treatment is based on these principles
If asked the last tenet of osteopathic medicine separately, what would you say? correct answers
Rational treatment is based on knowledge of the body unit, its self regulatory , self healing
mechanisms and that structure and function are interrelated at all levels.
What are the two most common presenting complaints which may indicate the need for OMT?
correct answers pain and restriction of motion
,Name the two values/conditions in the muscles and bones which are generally set to pathological
values in somatic dysfunction, and are the first gross values reset by OMT? correct answers 1.
muscle length and tension
2. joint surface apposition
"The rule of the artery is : _________" correct answers supreme
The first state to license the practice of osteopathy was: correct answers Vermont 1896
The last state to license the practice of osteopathic medicine was : correct answers Mississippi ,
1973
What are the five models of somatic function and dysfunction correct answers 1. Biochemical
2. Respiratory - circulatory
3. Neurologic
4. Metabolic - energy
5. Behavioral
Impaired or altered function of related components of the somatic body (body framework)
system
What is the only indication for OMT? correct answers Somatic Dysfunction
This is caused by trauma or repetitive microtrauma
Can be initiating event for multiple symptoms and events including: local pain, somatosensory
referred pain, muscle guarding, somatosomatic and somatovisceral reflexes, and creation of
secondary dysfunction correct answers Primary dysfunction
,This arises as a response to other conditions correct answers secondary dysfunction
What are TART criteria? correct answers •T: Tissue Texture Changes
•A: Asymmetry
•R: Restriction of Motion [active/passive]
•T: Tenderness [with palpation]
•Diagnosis of Somatic Dysfunction requires two of the above
Limit of motion imposed by an anatomic structure; the limit of passive range of motion correct
answers Anatomic barrier [involuntary]
Limit of active range of motion correct answers Physiologic barrier [voluntary, what a patient
can do without assistance]
The range between the physiologic and anatomic barrier of motion in which passive ligamentous
stretching occurs before tissue disruption
Ex: you are pushing the patient from the physiological barrier crossing the elastic barrier to reach
the anatomic barrier correct answers Elastic barrier
A functional limit that abnormally diminishes the normal physiologic range correct answers
Restrictive barrier
Restriction of joint motion associated with pathologic change of tissue correct answers
Pathological barrier
What is the only indication for OMT? correct answers somatic dysfunction
, Acute somatic dysfunction symptoms correct answers Warmth, moisture, Bogginess
Chronic somatic dysfunction symptoms correct answers Dryness, coolness
Is this acute or chronic? [pain]
Severe, Cutting, Sharp correct answers Acute
Acute or chronic? [pain]
Dull, achy with paresthesias correct answers Chronic
Acute or chronic? Skin changes
1. Warm, moist, red, inflamed
2. Cool, pale correct answers 1.Acute
2.Chronic
Acute or chronic? Musculature
1. Locally increased muscle tone, muscle contraction, spasm
2.Decreased muscle tone, flaccid, mushy, ropiness, somatosomatic reflexes common correct
answers 1. Acute
