IVCA PRACTICE EXAMINATION BUNDLE
ACTUAL QUESTIONS ASSESSMENT
PACKAGE 2026 DETAILED QUESTIONS
WITH VERY ELABORATED CORRECTLY
DEFINED SOLUTIONS WELL ARRANGED
GRADED A+
⩥ What are the two adjacent articulating surfaces and all the tissues
between them called? Answer: Motion Unit
⩥ Where does the chiropractor perform the adjustment? Answer:
Paraphysiological space
⩥ What is the area known as taking motion to tension, where motion is
assessed, VSC is diagnosed, and where adjustment is performed?
Answer: Elastic Barrier
⩥ Chiropractic diagnoses and adjustments are performed within what
range? Answer: Normal range of motion
⩥ What is the primary job of ligaments? Answer: Keep Normal Range
of Motion
,⩥ What are the three parts of the hand used for adjusting large animals?
Answer: Thenar, Pisiform, Heel of Hand
⩥ From where do two-handed adjustments LOC come? Answer:
Episternal notch
⩥ From where do single-handed adjustments LOC come? Answer:
Elbow
⩥ What are the bony borders of the spinal canal? Answer: Body/Corpus,
Pedicles (2), Laminae
⩥ What is the canine transverse process curved for? Answer: Mobility
⩥ What is the equine transverse process straight for? Answer: Weight
bearing
⩥ What is the portion of the disc that provides stability, has outer pain
fibers, less water content, and is fibrous in texture? Answer: Annulus
Fibrosis
⩥ What is the portion of the disc that is mostly water, has no nerve or
blood supply, absorbs shock, and is gelatinous in texture? Answer:
Nucleus pulposes
,⩥ How does the disc get nutrition, specifically in the nucleus pulposes?
Answer: Imbibition
⩥ What is the spinal cord length in the equine? Answer: Foramen
Magnum to L3
⩥ What is the spinal cord length in canine? Answer: Foramen Magnum
to L5/L6
⩥ What is the spinal cord length in feline? Answer: Foramen Magnum to
sacrum
⩥ What joint only exists in equines and rhinos and provides more
stability and motion? Answer: Intertransverse Joint
⩥ What movement does the intertransverse joint allow? Answer: Flexion
and Extension
⩥ What movement does the intertransverse joint limit? Answer: Lateral
flexion
⩥ What are the soft borders of the IVF? Answer: Ligamentum flavum,
joint capsule, Disc
, ⩥ What are the bony borders of IVF? Answer: Pedicles, Vertebral
Notches
⩥ What areas in the spine do not allow for coupled motion? Answer:
Occiput, C1, C2
⩥ What is the primary pivot point in the pelvis? Answer: Pubic
symphysis
⩥ What segment is located in between the tuber sacrales in the equine
spine? Answer: S1
⩥ What is the first palpable sacral segment of the equine? Answer: S2
⩥ What is the first palpable sacral segment of canine spine? Answer: S1
⩥ What are three anatomical variations that allow for more flexion at the
lumbosacral junction? Answer: Lack of supraspinous ligament, Last
Lumbar dorsal SP is shorter, lumbar sp's face caudal to cranial and sacral
tubercles face cranial to caudal
⩥ What is the true knee of the horse? Answer: Stifle
ACTUAL QUESTIONS ASSESSMENT
PACKAGE 2026 DETAILED QUESTIONS
WITH VERY ELABORATED CORRECTLY
DEFINED SOLUTIONS WELL ARRANGED
GRADED A+
⩥ What are the two adjacent articulating surfaces and all the tissues
between them called? Answer: Motion Unit
⩥ Where does the chiropractor perform the adjustment? Answer:
Paraphysiological space
⩥ What is the area known as taking motion to tension, where motion is
assessed, VSC is diagnosed, and where adjustment is performed?
Answer: Elastic Barrier
⩥ Chiropractic diagnoses and adjustments are performed within what
range? Answer: Normal range of motion
⩥ What is the primary job of ligaments? Answer: Keep Normal Range
of Motion
,⩥ What are the three parts of the hand used for adjusting large animals?
Answer: Thenar, Pisiform, Heel of Hand
⩥ From where do two-handed adjustments LOC come? Answer:
Episternal notch
⩥ From where do single-handed adjustments LOC come? Answer:
Elbow
⩥ What are the bony borders of the spinal canal? Answer: Body/Corpus,
Pedicles (2), Laminae
⩥ What is the canine transverse process curved for? Answer: Mobility
⩥ What is the equine transverse process straight for? Answer: Weight
bearing
⩥ What is the portion of the disc that provides stability, has outer pain
fibers, less water content, and is fibrous in texture? Answer: Annulus
Fibrosis
⩥ What is the portion of the disc that is mostly water, has no nerve or
blood supply, absorbs shock, and is gelatinous in texture? Answer:
Nucleus pulposes
,⩥ How does the disc get nutrition, specifically in the nucleus pulposes?
Answer: Imbibition
⩥ What is the spinal cord length in the equine? Answer: Foramen
Magnum to L3
⩥ What is the spinal cord length in canine? Answer: Foramen Magnum
to L5/L6
⩥ What is the spinal cord length in feline? Answer: Foramen Magnum to
sacrum
⩥ What joint only exists in equines and rhinos and provides more
stability and motion? Answer: Intertransverse Joint
⩥ What movement does the intertransverse joint allow? Answer: Flexion
and Extension
⩥ What movement does the intertransverse joint limit? Answer: Lateral
flexion
⩥ What are the soft borders of the IVF? Answer: Ligamentum flavum,
joint capsule, Disc
, ⩥ What are the bony borders of IVF? Answer: Pedicles, Vertebral
Notches
⩥ What areas in the spine do not allow for coupled motion? Answer:
Occiput, C1, C2
⩥ What is the primary pivot point in the pelvis? Answer: Pubic
symphysis
⩥ What segment is located in between the tuber sacrales in the equine
spine? Answer: S1
⩥ What is the first palpable sacral segment of the equine? Answer: S2
⩥ What is the first palpable sacral segment of canine spine? Answer: S1
⩥ What are three anatomical variations that allow for more flexion at the
lumbosacral junction? Answer: Lack of supraspinous ligament, Last
Lumbar dorsal SP is shorter, lumbar sp's face caudal to cranial and sacral
tubercles face cranial to caudal
⩥ What is the true knee of the horse? Answer: Stifle
