IVCA Exam Questions With 100% Correct Answers.

IVCA Exam Questions With 100% Correct Answers. Sheer Forces - answerWhat type of forces are present on the animal spine? Motion Unit - answerTwo adjacent articulating surfaces and all the tissues between them Paraphysiological space - answerWhere the chiropractor performs the adjustment Elastic Barrier - answerthe area known as taking motion to tension, where motion is assessed, VSC is diagnosed, and where adjustment is performed Normal range of motion - answerchiropractic diagnoses and adjustments are performed within Set and Hold - answerWhen adjusting animals Thenar Pisiform Heel of Hand - answerThree parts of the hand that are used for adjusting large animals Episternal notch - answerTwo handed adjustments LOC come from the Elbow - answerSingled handed adjustments LOC come from 1) Body/Corpus 2) Pedicles (2) 3) Laminae - answerBony borders of the spinal canal Mobility - answerThe canine transverse process is curved for more Weight bearing - answerThe equine transverse process is straight for more Keep Normal Range of Motion - answerPrimary job of ligaments This portion of the disc provides stability, has outer pain fibers, less water content, and is fibrous in textures - answerAnnulus 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 - answernucleus pulposes How does the disc get nutrition, specifically in the nucleus pulposes? - answerImbibition What is the spinal cord length in the equine? - answerForamen Magnum to L3 What is the spinal cord length in canine? - answerForamen Magnum to L5/L6 What is the spinal cord length in feline? - answerForamen Magnum to sacrum This joint only exists in equines and rhinos. It provides more stability and motion. - answerIntertransverse Joint What movement does the intertransverse joint allow? - answerFlexion and Extension What movement does the intertransverse joint limit? - answerlateral flexion What are the soft borders of the IVF? - answer1) ligamentum flavum 2) joint capsule 3) Disc What are the bony borders of IVF? - answer1) Pedicles 2) Vertebral Notches What areas in the spine do not allow for coupled motion? - answerOcciput C1 C2 What is the primary pivot point in the pelvis? - answerpubic symphysis What segment is located in between the tuber sacrales in the equine spine? - answerS1 What is the first palpable sacral segment of the equine? - answerS2 What is the first palpable sacral segment of canine spine? - answerS1 What are three anatomical variations that allow for more flexion at the lumbosacral junction? - answer1) Lack of supraspinous ligament 2) Last Lumbar dorsal SP is shorter 3) lumbar sp's face caudal to cranial and sacral tubercles face cranial to caudal What is the true knee of the horse? - answerStifle The sacrotuberous ligament is also called - answerSacrosciatic ligament The sacroiliac joint is what type of joint? - answerDiarthrodial joint The dorsal portion of the SI joint is - answersynovial The ventral portion of the SI joint is - answerfibrous What motion does the SI joint create? - answerFigure 8 The lumbosacral motion unit of the equine consists of - answer1 disc joint 2 Zygapophyseal joints 2 Intertransverse joints 5 Total articulating joints The lumbosacral motion unit of the canine consists of - answer1 disc joint 2 Zygapophyseal joints 3 total articulating joints What is the most common pelvic fracture? - answerIliac 80% of stabilization of a joint is achieved by - answermuscles Muscle cells are nurtured by - answer1) glucose 2) Oxygen 3) assimilation of nutrients The health of a neuron depends on - answer1) Glucose 2) oxygen 3) frequency of firing The most important strength of muscle is dependent on - answerhigh frequency of firing of motor neurons The frequency of firing of a neuron is dependent on the - answerfrequency of firing of it PRESYNAPTIC neuron receptor Nerve signals are transmitted from one neuron to another thru - answersynapses The job of a synapse is - answermicrovoltage Transmitter substances are released into the - answersynaptic cleft