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23 Cards in this Set
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Fucntion of TMJ
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chewing, talking, swallowing, yawning and snoring
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What is importance of the disc of the TMJ Joint?
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Reduces friction between the mandibular fossa of the temporal bone and the mandibular condyle of the mandible
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Mandibular Motion
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Elevation, Depression, Protusion, Retrusion, and Lateral Excursion
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Bell's Palsey affects what nerve
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Cranial Nerve VII (Facial Nerve)
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What does Bell's Palsey cause?
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Unilateral facial paralysis of sudden onset. The paralysis involves both the upper and lower halves of the face - distorts smiling, eye closure, salivation and tear formation on the affected side.
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What causes Bell's Palsey?
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of herpes simplex virus although other infections are sometimes acknowledged
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How is Bell's Palsey treated?
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Physical therapy may do muscle re-education with electrical stimulation to help strengthen the muscles innervated by the facial nerve
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What does suboccipital tightness cause?
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patients may have a forward head posture and typically complain of suboccipital headaches that radiate up into the head and jaw
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How is subocciptial tightness treated?
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Performing traction on these muscles can be very effective. Postural re-education is indicated for these patients.
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True Ribs
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Ribs 1-7, attach directly to the sternum
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False Ribs
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Ribs 8 -12, connect indirectly to the sternum via costal cartilage (floating ribs)
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Erector Spinae Group
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Spinalis, Longissimus, Iliocostalis
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Transversospinalis Group
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Multifidi, Rotatores, Semispinalis Capitis
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how many bones are in the skull?
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22
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How many facial bones?
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14
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how many cranial?
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8
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What feature is unique to cervical vertebrae
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transverse foreman
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What is the first vertevra called?
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Atlas
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Describe Atlas.
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Ring shaped vertebra without a vertebral body or a spinous process
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What is the second vertebra called?
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Axis
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Describe Axis.
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Does not have a body but has a unique vertical projection called the dens
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Atlanto-occipital Movement
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50% of forward flexion and extension of cervical action
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Atlanto - axial Movement
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50% of cervical rotation
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