NBCE - Part 2 Exam Questions with Verified
Correct Answers
What is the reference structure of the vertebrae unless otherwise noted?
vertebral body
What side of the segment do you contact assuming no scoliosis is present?
open wedge
If scoliosis is present what side of segment do you contact?
convexity
If there is a scoliosis the doctor stands on which side?
convexity
Doctor contacts the side they are standing on when a patient is supine or prone. T or F?
True
What is a fixed segment?
stuck
What is a restricted or decrease segment?
segment can't move there
What is malposition?
fixated
In the cervical spine, with patient supine. How should position the neck?
Laterally flex over your contact and rotate head away.
Define: Flexion Malposition
Increased interspinous space between the involved segment and the segment below with a
decreased interspinous space between the involved segment and the segment above.
Define: Extension Malposition
, Decreased interspinous space between the involved segment and the segment below with an
increased interspinous space between the involved segment and the segment above.
Hypomobility
Decreased motion or segmental fixation.
Hypermobility
Loosened motor unit
What is a segment or group of segments that move in an inconsistent manner in the
corresponding area?
aberrant motion
What is a scoliosis and/or alteration of curve secondary to muscular imbalance?
sectional intersegmental
What is costovertebral or costotransverse disrelationship/sacroiliac subluxation characterized
as?
paraspinal
In Gonstead the first letter of the listing always begins with what letter?
P
The first letter in the Gonstead listing refers to what?
Posterior
The Gonstead listing is based on what anatomical structure?
spinous process
The second letter of the Gonstead listing refers to what movement?
spinous rotation
What are the two options for the second letter in the Gonstead listing?
R or L
What does the third letter in the Gonstead listing refer to?
lateral flexion or wedging on the side of spinous rotation
What are the two options for the third letter of the Gonstead system?
Correct Answers
What is the reference structure of the vertebrae unless otherwise noted?
vertebral body
What side of the segment do you contact assuming no scoliosis is present?
open wedge
If scoliosis is present what side of segment do you contact?
convexity
If there is a scoliosis the doctor stands on which side?
convexity
Doctor contacts the side they are standing on when a patient is supine or prone. T or F?
True
What is a fixed segment?
stuck
What is a restricted or decrease segment?
segment can't move there
What is malposition?
fixated
In the cervical spine, with patient supine. How should position the neck?
Laterally flex over your contact and rotate head away.
Define: Flexion Malposition
Increased interspinous space between the involved segment and the segment below with a
decreased interspinous space between the involved segment and the segment above.
Define: Extension Malposition
, Decreased interspinous space between the involved segment and the segment below with an
increased interspinous space between the involved segment and the segment above.
Hypomobility
Decreased motion or segmental fixation.
Hypermobility
Loosened motor unit
What is a segment or group of segments that move in an inconsistent manner in the
corresponding area?
aberrant motion
What is a scoliosis and/or alteration of curve secondary to muscular imbalance?
sectional intersegmental
What is costovertebral or costotransverse disrelationship/sacroiliac subluxation characterized
as?
paraspinal
In Gonstead the first letter of the listing always begins with what letter?
P
The first letter in the Gonstead listing refers to what?
Posterior
The Gonstead listing is based on what anatomical structure?
spinous process
The second letter of the Gonstead listing refers to what movement?
spinous rotation
What are the two options for the second letter in the Gonstead listing?
R or L
What does the third letter in the Gonstead listing refer to?
lateral flexion or wedging on the side of spinous rotation
What are the two options for the third letter of the Gonstead system?
