NBCE - CHIROPRACTIC BOARDS PT 2 – PRACTICES EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, GRADED A+/

NBCE - CHIROPRACTIC BOARDS PT 2 – PRACTICES EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, GRADED A+/ 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