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Sheer Forces What type of forces are present on the animal spine?
Two adjacent articulating surfaces and all the tissues
Motion Unit
between them
Paraphysiological space Where the chiropractor performs the adjustment
the area known as taking motion to tension, where
Elastic Barrier motion is assessed, VSC is diagnosed, and where
adjustment is performed
chiropractic diagnoses and adjustments are
Normal range of motion
performed within
Set and Hold When adjusting animals
Thenar Three parts of the hand that are used for adjusting
Pisiform large animals
Heel of Hand
Episternal notch Two handed adjustments LOC come from the
Elbow Singled handed adjustments LOC come from
1) Body/Corpus Bony borders of the spinal canal
2) Pedicles (2)
3) Laminae
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Mobility The canine transverse process is curved for more
Weight bearing The equine transverse process is straight for more
Keep Normal Range of Primary job of ligaments
Motion
This portion of the disc Annulus Fibrosis
provides stability, has
outer pain fibers, less
water content, and is
fibrous in textures
The portion of the disc is nucleus pulposes
mostly water, has no nerve
or blood supply, acts like
ball bearing to absorb
shock, and is gelatinous in
texture
How does the disc get Imbibition
nutrition, specifically in the
nucleus pulposes?
What is the spinal cord Foramen Magnum to L3
length in the equine?
What is the spinal cord Foramen Magnum to L5/L6
length in canine?
What is the spinal cord Foramen Magnum to sacrum
length in feline?
This joint only exists in Intertransverse Joint
equines and rhinos. It
provides more stability
and motion.
What movement does the Flexion and Extension
intertransverse joint
allow?
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What movement does the lateral flexion
intertransverse joint limit?
1) ligamentum flavum
What are the soft borders
2) joint capsule
of the IVF?
3) Disc
What are the bony 1) Pedicles
borders of IVF? 2) Vertebral Notches
What areas in the spine do Occiput
not allow for coupled C1
motion? C2
What is the primary pivot pubic symphysis
point in the pelvis?
What segment is located S1
in between the tuber
sacrales in the equine
spine?
What is the first palpable S2
sacral segment of the
equine?
What is the first palpable S1
sacral segment of canine
spine?
What are three anatomical 1) Lack of supraspinous ligament
variations that allow for 2) Last Lumbar dorsal SP is shorter
more flexion at the 3) lumbar sp's face caudal to cranial and sacral
lumbosacral junction? tubercles face cranial to caudal
What is the true knee of Stifle
the horse?
The sacrotuberous Sacrosciatic ligament
ligament is also called
The sacroiliac joint is what Diarthrodial joint
type of joint?
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Terms in this set (288)
Sheer Forces What type of forces are present on the animal spine?
Two adjacent articulating surfaces and all the tissues
Motion Unit
between them
Paraphysiological space Where the chiropractor performs the adjustment
the area known as taking motion to tension, where
Elastic Barrier motion is assessed, VSC is diagnosed, and where
adjustment is performed
chiropractic diagnoses and adjustments are
Normal range of motion
performed within
Set and Hold When adjusting animals
Thenar Three parts of the hand that are used for adjusting
Pisiform large animals
Heel of Hand
Episternal notch Two handed adjustments LOC come from the
Elbow Singled handed adjustments LOC come from
1) Body/Corpus Bony borders of the spinal canal
2) Pedicles (2)
3) Laminae
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Mobility The canine transverse process is curved for more
Weight bearing The equine transverse process is straight for more
Keep Normal Range of Primary job of ligaments
Motion
This portion of the disc Annulus Fibrosis
provides stability, has
outer pain fibers, less
water content, and is
fibrous in textures
The portion of the disc is nucleus pulposes
mostly water, has no nerve
or blood supply, acts like
ball bearing to absorb
shock, and is gelatinous in
texture
How does the disc get Imbibition
nutrition, specifically in the
nucleus pulposes?
What is the spinal cord Foramen Magnum to L3
length in the equine?
What is the spinal cord Foramen Magnum to L5/L6
length in canine?
What is the spinal cord Foramen Magnum to sacrum
length in feline?
This joint only exists in Intertransverse Joint
equines and rhinos. It
provides more stability
and motion.
What movement does the Flexion and Extension
intertransverse joint
allow?
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What movement does the lateral flexion
intertransverse joint limit?
1) ligamentum flavum
What are the soft borders
2) joint capsule
of the IVF?
3) Disc
What are the bony 1) Pedicles
borders of IVF? 2) Vertebral Notches
What areas in the spine do Occiput
not allow for coupled C1
motion? C2
What is the primary pivot pubic symphysis
point in the pelvis?
What segment is located S1
in between the tuber
sacrales in the equine
spine?
What is the first palpable S2
sacral segment of the
equine?
What is the first palpable S1
sacral segment of canine
spine?
What are three anatomical 1) Lack of supraspinous ligament
variations that allow for 2) Last Lumbar dorsal SP is shorter
more flexion at the 3) lumbar sp's face caudal to cranial and sacral
lumbosacral junction? tubercles face cranial to caudal
What is the true knee of Stifle
the horse?
The sacrotuberous Sacrosciatic ligament
ligament is also called
The sacroiliac joint is what Diarthrodial joint
type of joint?
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