IVCA ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Motion Unit. Answer: Two adjacent articulating surfaces and all the
tissues between them
◉ Paraphysiological space. Answer: Where the chiropractor performs
the adjustment
◉ Elastic Barrier. Answer: the area known as taking motion to tension,
where motion is assessed, VSC is diagnosed, and where adjustment is
performed
◉ Normal range of motion. Answer: chiropractic diagnoses and
adjustments are performed within
◉ Set and Hold. Answer: When adjusting animals
◉ Thenar
Pisiform
,Heel of Hand. Answer: Three parts of the hand that are used for
adjusting large animals
◉ Episternal notch. Answer: Two handed adjustments LOC come from
the
◉ Elbow. Answer: Singled handed adjustments LOC come from
◉ 1) Body/Corpus
2) Pedicles (2)
3) Laminae. Answer: Bony borders of the spinal canal
◉ Mobility. Answer: The canine transverse process is curved for more
◉ Weight bearing. Answer: The equine transverse process is straight for
more
◉ Keep Normal Range of Motion. Answer: Primary job of ligaments
◉ This portion of the disc provides stability, has outer pain fibers, less
water content, and is fibrous in textures. Answer: Annulus Fibrosis
,◉ The portion of the disc is mostly water, has no nerve or blood supply,
acts like ball bearing to absorb 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
◉ This joint only exists in equines and rhinos. It 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: 1) ligamentum flavum
2) joint capsule
3) Disc
◉ What are the bony borders of IVF?. Answer: 1) Pedicles
2) 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
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Motion Unit. Answer: Two adjacent articulating surfaces and all the
tissues between them
◉ Paraphysiological space. Answer: Where the chiropractor performs
the adjustment
◉ Elastic Barrier. Answer: the area known as taking motion to tension,
where motion is assessed, VSC is diagnosed, and where adjustment is
performed
◉ Normal range of motion. Answer: chiropractic diagnoses and
adjustments are performed within
◉ Set and Hold. Answer: When adjusting animals
◉ Thenar
Pisiform
,Heel of Hand. Answer: Three parts of the hand that are used for
adjusting large animals
◉ Episternal notch. Answer: Two handed adjustments LOC come from
the
◉ Elbow. Answer: Singled handed adjustments LOC come from
◉ 1) Body/Corpus
2) Pedicles (2)
3) Laminae. Answer: Bony borders of the spinal canal
◉ Mobility. Answer: The canine transverse process is curved for more
◉ Weight bearing. Answer: The equine transverse process is straight for
more
◉ Keep Normal Range of Motion. Answer: Primary job of ligaments
◉ This portion of the disc provides stability, has outer pain fibers, less
water content, and is fibrous in textures. Answer: Annulus Fibrosis
,◉ The portion of the disc is mostly water, has no nerve or blood supply,
acts like ball bearing to absorb 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
◉ This joint only exists in equines and rhinos. It 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: 1) ligamentum flavum
2) joint capsule
3) Disc
◉ What are the bony borders of IVF?. Answer: 1) Pedicles
2) 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
