OMM IV EXAM 8 GLOSSARY TERMS | PRACTICE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS | COMPREHENSIVE
OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027
Gravitational Line - correct answer ✔✔viewing the patient from the side, an imaginary line in a
coronal plane which, in the theoretical ideal posture, starts slightly anterior to the lateral
malleolus, passes across the lateral condole of the knee, the greater trochanter, through the
lateral head of the humerus to the external auditory meatus; intersects middle of third lumbar
vertebra and anterior one third of sacrum
Ligamentous articular strain technique - correct answer ✔✔A treatment method based
involving disengagement, exaggeration and taking the dysfunctional opposing ligaments to a
point of balance
Lumbosacral angle - correct answer ✔✔represents the angle of the lumbosacral junction as
measured by the inclination of the superior surface of the first sacral vertebra to the horizonal
Myotome - correct answer ✔✔all muscles derived from one somite and innervated by one
segmental spinal nerve
normalization - correct answer ✔✔the therapeutic use of anatomic and physiologic
mechanisms to facilitate the body's response toward homeostasis and improved health
oculogyric reflex - correct answer ✔✔automatic movement of the head that leads or
accompanies movement of the eyes
osteopathic postural examination - correct answer ✔✔the part of the osteopathic structural
examination that focuses on the static and dynamic responses of the body to gravity while in
the erect position
OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027
Gravitational Line - correct answer ✔✔viewing the patient from the side, an imaginary line in a
coronal plane which, in the theoretical ideal posture, starts slightly anterior to the lateral
malleolus, passes across the lateral condole of the knee, the greater trochanter, through the
lateral head of the humerus to the external auditory meatus; intersects middle of third lumbar
vertebra and anterior one third of sacrum
Ligamentous articular strain technique - correct answer ✔✔A treatment method based
involving disengagement, exaggeration and taking the dysfunctional opposing ligaments to a
point of balance
Lumbosacral angle - correct answer ✔✔represents the angle of the lumbosacral junction as
measured by the inclination of the superior surface of the first sacral vertebra to the horizonal
Myotome - correct answer ✔✔all muscles derived from one somite and innervated by one
segmental spinal nerve
normalization - correct answer ✔✔the therapeutic use of anatomic and physiologic
mechanisms to facilitate the body's response toward homeostasis and improved health
oculogyric reflex - correct answer ✔✔automatic movement of the head that leads or
accompanies movement of the eyes
osteopathic postural examination - correct answer ✔✔the part of the osteopathic structural
examination that focuses on the static and dynamic responses of the body to gravity while in
the erect position
