IVCA exam
Sheer Forces - answer What type of forces are present on the animal spine?
Motion Unit - answer Two adjacent articulating surfaces and all the tissues between
them
Para physiological 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
Episterna 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 - 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
What causes nerves to fire? - answerstimulation of sensory receptors
Number one input an animal recieves - answergravity sensation
Number two input an animal recieves - answerfrom their senses
An action potential is created along - answerpost synaptic neural membrane
Sheer Forces - answer What type of forces are present on the animal spine?
Motion Unit - answer Two adjacent articulating surfaces and all the tissues between
them
Para physiological 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
Episterna 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 - 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
What causes nerves to fire? - answerstimulation of sensory receptors
Number one input an animal recieves - answergravity sensation
Number two input an animal recieves - answerfrom their senses
An action potential is created along - answerpost synaptic neural membrane
