PATH CTRI Exam Questions With Complete Solutions
Abduction Correct Answers Movement away from the midline
of the body. In the EAAT setting, this most often refers to the
participant's legs separating or moving away from each other.
Adaptive behavior Correct Answers Behavior that allows an
individual to accommodate the natural and social demands of
the environment.
Adduction Correct Answers Movement toward the midline of
the body. In the EAAT setting, this is most often used in
reference to the participant's legs moving together. An
individual who has tight or spastic adductor muscles (inner thigh
muscles) may have difficulty sitting astride the equine.
Ankle foot orthotic (AFO) Correct Answers Lower leg/foot
brace (approximately knee height) used to position and/or
support the foot and ankle for walking. May require the
participant to wear a specific type of footwear.
Anterior Correct Answers The front of body, or toward the
front of the body. In humans, anterior is synonymous with
ventral, which means "toward the abdomen."
Asymmetrical Correct Answers Lack of symmetry, or lack of
similarity between corresponding parts or organs on opposite
sides of the body that are normally alike. In the EAAT setting,
this is most often used in reference to the participant's position
on the equine, as in an individual with hemiplegia or scoliosis.
,Ataxia Correct Answers Incoordination that manifests
especially when voluntary movements are attempted. A
characteristic of types of brain injury and cerebral palsy.
Athetosis Correct Answers A condition that involves
involuntary slow irregular twisting movements. It is a
characteristic of damage to certain areas of the brain. It may be
observed in athetoid or dyskinetic cerebral palsy.
Aura Correct Answers A subjective sensation (such as of
voices, colored lights or skin sensations) experienced before the
start of a seizure or migraine.
balanced seat Correct Answers That position of the mounted
rider that requires the minimum of muscular effort to remain in
the saddle and that interferes least with the horse's movement
and equilibrium.
bight in the reins Correct Answers The part of the reins passing
between thumb and fingers and out the top of the hand.
Bilateral Correct Answers Affecting or occurring on both sides
of the body. For example, a participant who has this is wearing
hearing aids on both ears.
Bilateral motor coordination Correct Answers Skill and
performance in purposeful movement that requires interaction
between both sides of the body in a smooth, refined manner.
blemish Correct Answers A defect that hurts an equine's
appearance but does not hurt its working ability (e.g., a scar).
, bolting Correct Answers An animal breaking out of control or
trying to run away.
broke Correct Answers 1. Tamed and trained to a particular
function, as halter-broke. 2. To leave or alter gait (e.g., the
trotter broke stride).
canter or lope Correct Answers A three-beat gait in which the
first and third beats are made by two legs striking the ground
independently and the second beat is made by two limbs striking
the ground simultaneously. In the left lead, the sequence of beats
is (1) right hind leg, (2) left hind leg and right foreleg, and (3)
left foreleg. The reverse applies for the right lead.
cavesson Correct Answers Headstall with a noseband (often
quite large) used for exercising and training horses.
Central nervous system Correct Answers The brain and spinal
cord.
change of lead Correct Answers Change of leading leg at the
canter.
cinch Correct Answers Girth of a Western saddle.
cold backed Correct Answers Describes a horse that humps its
back and does not settle down until the saddle has been on a few
minutes. Some "cold-backed" horses will merely tuck their tails
and arch their backs when first mounted, but others will take a
few crow hops until warmed up.
Abduction Correct Answers Movement away from the midline
of the body. In the EAAT setting, this most often refers to the
participant's legs separating or moving away from each other.
Adaptive behavior Correct Answers Behavior that allows an
individual to accommodate the natural and social demands of
the environment.
Adduction Correct Answers Movement toward the midline of
the body. In the EAAT setting, this is most often used in
reference to the participant's legs moving together. An
individual who has tight or spastic adductor muscles (inner thigh
muscles) may have difficulty sitting astride the equine.
Ankle foot orthotic (AFO) Correct Answers Lower leg/foot
brace (approximately knee height) used to position and/or
support the foot and ankle for walking. May require the
participant to wear a specific type of footwear.
Anterior Correct Answers The front of body, or toward the
front of the body. In humans, anterior is synonymous with
ventral, which means "toward the abdomen."
Asymmetrical Correct Answers Lack of symmetry, or lack of
similarity between corresponding parts or organs on opposite
sides of the body that are normally alike. In the EAAT setting,
this is most often used in reference to the participant's position
on the equine, as in an individual with hemiplegia or scoliosis.
,Ataxia Correct Answers Incoordination that manifests
especially when voluntary movements are attempted. A
characteristic of types of brain injury and cerebral palsy.
Athetosis Correct Answers A condition that involves
involuntary slow irregular twisting movements. It is a
characteristic of damage to certain areas of the brain. It may be
observed in athetoid or dyskinetic cerebral palsy.
Aura Correct Answers A subjective sensation (such as of
voices, colored lights or skin sensations) experienced before the
start of a seizure or migraine.
balanced seat Correct Answers That position of the mounted
rider that requires the minimum of muscular effort to remain in
the saddle and that interferes least with the horse's movement
and equilibrium.
bight in the reins Correct Answers The part of the reins passing
between thumb and fingers and out the top of the hand.
Bilateral Correct Answers Affecting or occurring on both sides
of the body. For example, a participant who has this is wearing
hearing aids on both ears.
Bilateral motor coordination Correct Answers Skill and
performance in purposeful movement that requires interaction
between both sides of the body in a smooth, refined manner.
blemish Correct Answers A defect that hurts an equine's
appearance but does not hurt its working ability (e.g., a scar).
, bolting Correct Answers An animal breaking out of control or
trying to run away.
broke Correct Answers 1. Tamed and trained to a particular
function, as halter-broke. 2. To leave or alter gait (e.g., the
trotter broke stride).
canter or lope Correct Answers A three-beat gait in which the
first and third beats are made by two legs striking the ground
independently and the second beat is made by two limbs striking
the ground simultaneously. In the left lead, the sequence of beats
is (1) right hind leg, (2) left hind leg and right foreleg, and (3)
left foreleg. The reverse applies for the right lead.
cavesson Correct Answers Headstall with a noseband (often
quite large) used for exercising and training horses.
Central nervous system Correct Answers The brain and spinal
cord.
change of lead Correct Answers Change of leading leg at the
canter.
cinch Correct Answers Girth of a Western saddle.
cold backed Correct Answers Describes a horse that humps its
back and does not settle down until the saddle has been on a few
minutes. Some "cold-backed" horses will merely tuck their tails
and arch their backs when first mounted, but others will take a
few crow hops until warmed up.
