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OPP Written Exam #1questions and verified
answers
Who founded the osteopathic medical profession? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ Andrew Taylor Still, MD, DO
What was the year that Andrew Taylor Still said he
discovered osteopathy? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ 1874
What was the name of the first osteopathic medical
school? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ American School of
Osteopathy
What year was the first osteopathic medical school
founded? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ 1892
Where was the first osteopathic medical school
founded? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Kriksville, Missouri
If you had to express the osteopathic philosophy in
about a five word sentence, what would it be? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ Seek health in your patients
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Name the four tenets of osteopathic medical philosophy
- .....ANSWER ...✔✔ 1. The human being is a dynamic
unit of function (body, mind and spirit)
2. The body possess 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 for the last tenet separately, Rational treatment
is based on these principles, one should reply: -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ Rational treatment is based on
knowledge of body unity, 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? - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ 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? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ muscle length and tension,
and joint surface apposition
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The rule of the artery is: _______ - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ supreme
The first state to license the practice of osteopathy was:
- .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Vermont, 1896
The last state to license the practice of osteopathic
medicine was: - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Mississippi, 1973
What are the five models of somatic function and
dysfunction? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ 1. biochemical
2. respiratory
3. circulatory
4. neurological
5. Metabolic-energy
What year was Arkansas granted osteopathic
physicians the right to apply for unlimited licensure -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ 1971
What is posture? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ the shape and
position of the body when under the effects of gravity
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Optimal posture reduces what? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
reduces the stress on the body due to gravity during
exertion
What is gait? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ it is posture in
motion
Optimal posture is the perfect distribution of? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ body mass around the center of
gravity
How is optimal posture achieved? - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ when postural muscles are at resting tone with
no additional energy beyond basal level needed for
upright posture
What is optimal gait? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ the
maximization of energy transformation into motion
How is optimal gait achieved? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
when the three distinct oscillatory motions of gait
summate with minimal interference, maximizing energy
transformation into motion
OPP Written Exam #1questions and verified
answers
Who founded the osteopathic medical profession? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ Andrew Taylor Still, MD, DO
What was the year that Andrew Taylor Still said he
discovered osteopathy? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ 1874
What was the name of the first osteopathic medical
school? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ American School of
Osteopathy
What year was the first osteopathic medical school
founded? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ 1892
Where was the first osteopathic medical school
founded? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Kriksville, Missouri
If you had to express the osteopathic philosophy in
about a five word sentence, what would it be? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ Seek health in your patients
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Name the four tenets of osteopathic medical philosophy
- .....ANSWER ...✔✔ 1. The human being is a dynamic
unit of function (body, mind and spirit)
2. The body possess 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 for the last tenet separately, Rational treatment
is based on these principles, one should reply: -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ Rational treatment is based on
knowledge of body unity, 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? - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ 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? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ muscle length and tension,
and joint surface apposition
,3|Page
The rule of the artery is: _______ - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ supreme
The first state to license the practice of osteopathy was:
- .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Vermont, 1896
The last state to license the practice of osteopathic
medicine was: - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Mississippi, 1973
What are the five models of somatic function and
dysfunction? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ 1. biochemical
2. respiratory
3. circulatory
4. neurological
5. Metabolic-energy
What year was Arkansas granted osteopathic
physicians the right to apply for unlimited licensure -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ 1971
What is posture? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ the shape and
position of the body when under the effects of gravity
, 4|Page
Optimal posture reduces what? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
reduces the stress on the body due to gravity during
exertion
What is gait? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ it is posture in
motion
Optimal posture is the perfect distribution of? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ body mass around the center of
gravity
How is optimal posture achieved? - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ when postural muscles are at resting tone with
no additional energy beyond basal level needed for
upright posture
What is optimal gait? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ the
maximization of energy transformation into motion
How is optimal gait achieved? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
when the three distinct oscillatory motions of gait
summate with minimal interference, maximizing energy
transformation into motion
