Glossary Flashcards
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Acute
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Recent or current condition
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Anatomical position
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Patient standing upright palms facing forwards toes pointing forwards
No change to description when lying down
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Anatomy
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Structure of the body
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ANS
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Autonomic nervous system
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Ansa cervicalis
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Nerve loop in the neck with branches two muscles of throat
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Anterior
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Front or forwards or towards the front
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Arachnoid villI
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Protrusion of arachnoid membrane through dura of venous sinuses to pass cerebrospinal fluid back into venous blood
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Articulation
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A joint
Mobilisation of the joint
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Asking the system
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Ask questions get response
Questioning yourself to clarify feelings
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Asterion
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Meeting point of the squamosal lambdoid and occipitomastoid sutures
I.e. junction between occipital temporal and parietal bones - behind the ear
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Augmentation
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Adding to process already happening
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Automatic shift
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Release within the craniosacral system
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Autonomic nervous system
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System to regulate involuntary functions
Digestion, heartbeat, pupil construction, dilation etc
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Aura
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Energy or force field surrounding body
Innermost layer - etheric body
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Axon
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Nerve fibrej
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Bilateral
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Both sides of body
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Breath of life
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Natural living energy creating vitality
Expressed as rhythmic motion
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Bregma
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Meeting of sagittal and coronal sutures
Top of head between frontal and parietal bone
Anterior fontanelle in baby
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Caudad
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Towards patient’s tail
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Cephalad
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Towards head
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Cerebrospinal fluid
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Fluid surrounding and bathing central nervous system
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Chakras
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Energy centres located on midline of the body
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Choroid plexi
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Vascular structures in the ventricles of the brain
Where cerebrospinal fluid is produced
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Chronic
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Long established condition
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Chronicity
Length of time condition has existed
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Circumduction
Circular movement around the joint
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Cisterna
A site of accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid within the subarachnoid space
e.g. cisterna magna or lumbar cistern
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Cisternae
Plural of cisterna
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CNS
Central nervous system
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Coherence
Operating as a unified whole
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Compression
Pushed together by external forces
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Contraction
Drawn together by internal forces
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Coronal
Passing across the body from one side to the other
E.g. the coronal suture
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Coronal section
Side to side slice of the body
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Cranium
Bony skull
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Cranial base
Base of skull
Occiput and sphenoid
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Cranial vault
Upper part of the cranium
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Craniosacral motion
Rhythmic movement of the system including craniosacral rhythm, middle tired, long tired
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Craniosacral system
The whole person, mind body and spirit within the context of their life
The anatomical components, bones membranes fluids and fascia
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CSF
Cerebrospinal fluid
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CV4
Compression of the fourth ventricle
This helps the system reach a still point in the contraction phase
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Decompression
Release from compression
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Directing the tide
Energy drive
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Dorsal
Posterior - at the back, on or towards the back of the body
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Dorsum of feet
The upper (superior) surface of the feet
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Dorsiflexion
Upward movement of the front of the foot
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Dura
Outer layer of three membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord
It has two layers
Endosteal - The outer layer of duty lining the bones and enveloping the cranial bones
Meningeal Dura - In the lining of Dura enveloping the brain and spinal cord
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Dynamic stillness
Point of stillness preceding release
A profound level of therapeutic stillness
The deepest phase of therapeutic process
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Endosteum
Outer layer of Dura lining bones of the cranium and vertebral column
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Energy drive
A process of focusing the body’s energy on a particular fulcrum
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Entrainment
When separate elemental rhythms harmonise
Energy fields intertwining and interacting
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Ependyma
Thin membrane lining ventricles
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Equanimity
State of mental emotional and spiritual balance
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Etheric body
Innermost layer of the aura
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Exhalation
Contraction phase of craniosacral motion
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Extension
Movement of midline structures during contraction phase
The movement of the whole system in the contraction phase
Opening and angle
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Extension phase
The contraction phase of craniosacral motion
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External rotation
The turning out of both sides of the body during the expansion phase
In the feet turning the front of the foot outwards
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Eversion
In the feet - Turning the sole of the foot out towards
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EV4
Expansion of the fourth ventricle, helping system to reach still point in expansion
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Facial
Relating to the face
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Fascia
Thin interconnective-tissue enveloping everything in the body
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Fascial
Relating to fascia
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Fibrosis
Hardening and excessive formation of fibrous tissues
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Flexion
Movement of midline structures in expansion phase of craniosacral motion
Movement of the whole system during expansion phase
Closing angle
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Flexion phase
Expansion phase of craniosacral motion
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Fluids
Blood, lymph, CSF, extracellular fluid etc
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Fluid body
The individual matrix comprising physical body and surrounding energy field
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Fluid within the system
Vital energy, potency, life force
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Fluid drive
The strength and power of underlying vitality, strength of rhythmic motion
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Foramen
A hole within a bone or between bones
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Foramen Magnum
Large hole at the base of the skull
Spinal-cord passes through to meet the brainstem and brain
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Foramina
Plural of foramen
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Fossa
A deep or shallow indentation in a bone
Latin for ditch
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Fulcrum
A pivot point around which the system operates
Mechanical fulcrums
Mental and emotional fulcrums
Focal points of resistance
Practitioner fulcrums - state of physical mental and emotional balance from the practitioner
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fulcra
Plural of fulcrum
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Fundamental principles
The natural series of stages of response that evolves during craniosacral process
Orderly progress that enables a therapeutic response
The components which comprise the inherent treatment process
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Ganglion
Site of nerve junctions where neurological messages are passed from one neuron to another
A fluid filled lump on a tendon most commonly found in the hand or wrist
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Health
Underlying vitality, life force
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Homoeostasis
State of dynamic balance constantly adapting to the environment
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Inertia
Lack of movement
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Inertial fulcrum
Focal point of restriction where rhythmic motion is limited
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Inferior
Below, downwards, towards the soles of the patient’s feet
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Informed awareness
Awareness of engagement, expressed body patterns combined with understanding based on background knowledge of anatomy, physiology, pathology, case history, the craniosacral process, clinical experience, life experience, personal development and wisdom
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Inhalation
Expansion phase of craniosacral motion
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Inherent
Naturally present within
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Inherent treatment plan
The craniosacral system’s inherent ability to heal itself
The therapeutic process which the body reveals and expresses
Order of events the body chooses within the craniosacral process
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Inherent treatment process
The therapeutic response of the craniosacral system
Natural tendency of the body to heal itself
Natural evolution of the therapeutic process
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Integrins
Molecules in the cell membrane and nuclear membrane connecting extracellular and intracellular matrices
Communication from surface of the skin to interior of every cell and nucleus in the body
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Interphalangeal joint
Joints between the individual phalanges of the fingers and toes
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Internal rotation
Inward movement of bilateral structures of the body as a whole in contraction phase
The front of feet turning in
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Inversion
In the feet, the sole of foot turning inwards
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Jugular foramina
Antero-lateral to the foreman Magnum between occiput and temporal bones
Space for internal jugular vein and cranial nerves IX, X and XI
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Kyphosis
Forward bending curve
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Lamda
Meeting point of sagittal and lambdoid sutures
Top of head between occiput and parietal bones
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Lamina terminalis
Anterior wall of third ventricle
Fulcrum around which central nervous system moves
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Lateral
at or Towards the side of the body or outwards from the midline
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Lateral fluctuation
Any movement other than longitudinal fluctuation
Rocking, shaking, pulsating, vibrating, twisting, pulling.
A specific alternating lateral movement such as a rocking from side to side
A specific Sutherland technique inducing alternating movement of temporal bones
The Sutherland technique anywhere in the body or matrix
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Lesion
Any disturbance to function whether due to injury, disease, imbalance or any other cause
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Longitudinal fluctuation
Rhythmic motion up and down the spine
The movement includes expansion and contraction of every cell in the body
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Lordosis
Backward bending curve of the spine
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Matrix
A flexible growing environment
A coherent force field
The embryonic matrix
The individual matrix, comprising the body the surrounding aura,
internal matrix, the matrix within the body,
external matrix, the field around the body
The universal matrix, coherent field of forces within which the whole natural world operates as a unified cohesive system and within which we all exist
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ME
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
A persistent debilitating post viral condition
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Medial
At all towards the midline of the body
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Membrane
Dura, arachnoid and pia membranes which enfold the brain spinal-cord and include intracranial infoldings
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Meningitis
Inflammation of the meninges usually a result of bacterial or viral infection
Bacterial version can be rapidly fatal unless treated with antibiotics
Viral meningitis is milder sometimes persistent - not affected by antibiotics
Chronic persistent long-term after effects of meningitis are often debilitating, headaches, neck pain, I pain, poor memory, poor concentration and extreme tiredness
Often very responsive to craniosacral integration
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Molecular web
Communication of every molecule in the body enabling healing responses
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Nasion
Junction between nasal bones and the frontal bone at the top of the nose
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Neutral
A balanced settled state
Open and receptive with free, even rhythmic motion
A state which enables deeper engagement
A state to which craniosacral system returns following a release
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The neutral
A point of balance or stillness preceding a release
Patient neutral - A settled state within the patient enabling engagement
Practitioner neutral - Calm quiet presence in the practitioner
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Perineural system
Communication system all over the body anatomically close to the nervous system but functioning separately
Communications are more generalised than nervous system
Plays significant part in injury repair
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Periosteum
The general membrane covering the external surface of bones
In cranium, the periosteum is on the outer surface and is continuous with the endosteum on the inner surface of bones
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Physiology
Function of the body
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Plantar
Referring to the sole of the foot
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Plantarflexion
The movement pointing the toes down
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PNS
Peripheral nervous system
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Posterior
Behind, backwards, at or towards the back of the body
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Potency
The power or strength and vitality
Power within the system, the organising force
Another word for energy
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Practitioner fulcrums
The state of physical mental and emotional balance from which a practitioner operates
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Pressurestat Model
John Upledger’s concept of craniosacral system as a semiclosed hydraulic system within the craniosacral motion influenced by the pressure of cerebrospinal fluid contained within the membrane system
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Primary respiration
Breath of life expressed as rhythmic motion
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Primary respiratory system
The craniosacral system
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Process
A bony protrusion, e.g. mastoid process
And interaction with the craniosacral system through a specific contact as opposed to the mere application of the technique
The whole therapeutic process
Process work, working with the patient’s whole life process
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Prone
Lying on the front, face down
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Pterion
Junction where frontal parietal temporal and sphenoid bones are connected; located at the temple, behind the lateral corner of the eye of each eye
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Quanta
Plural of quantum
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Quantum
Smallest unit of anything such as photons of light
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Quantum science
The basis of modern scientific thinking recognising everything in the universe is composed of quantum, elementary particles, waves and forces, in a state of constant interaction through which everything influences everything else including the observer and the observed
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Reflex arc
Rapid response system which enables reflex reactions through connections between central and motor neurons at a local spinal-cord level, e.g. when you touch something hot
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Reciprocal tension membrane system
Continuously interconnected membranes which surround the nervous system and form intracranial infoldings of the falx cerebri, falx cerebellum and tentorium crerbelli - which attache to bones of the cranium and sacrum
Tensions anywhere in the system are transmitted to the whole system
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Rhythmic motion
Craniosacral motion including craniosacral rhythm, middle tide and long tide
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Sacrum
The tailbone
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Sagittal
Passing between the front and back of the body
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Sagittal section
A view of the body sliced vertically through the body from front to back
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SBJ
Sphenobasilar joint
Sphenobasilar synchondrosis
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SBS
Sphenobasilar synchondrosis
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Scoliosis
And abnormal lateral curve of the spine
Idiopathic scoliosis-a condition in which a severe and persistent scoliosis of the spine develops spontaneously commonly starting in young girls
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Sclerosis
Hardening
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Sinus
A space
Air sinuses, air filled spaces in the cranium, prone to infection leading to sinusitis
Venous sinuses, space within dural membrane for the collection and drainage of venous blood
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Solar plexus
Coeliac ganglia and associated neurological structures of sympathetic nervous system
And energy centre in the upper central abdomen
An area of where emotional stress and sympathetic stimulation is felt
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Sphenobasilar synchondrosis
The primary cartilagineous joint between sphenoid and occiput
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Sphincter
A valve like structure which closes in order to regulate passage of food or waste etc
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Squamous
Flat
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Superior
Above, upwards, towards the top of the patient’s head
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Supine
Lying on the back, face up
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Sutherland’s fulcrum
Meeting if straight sinus, falx cerebri, falx cerebelli, and tentorium cerebelli - fulcrum of motion in membrane system
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Suture
The fibrous joints between bones of cranium
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Synchondrosis
A primary cartilagineous joint which ossifies over several years
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Synchronisation
Engagement with the craniosacral process
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The system
The craniosacral system
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Therapeutic pulse
A pulse relating to therapeutic release
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TMJ
Temporo mandibular joint
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Tissue memory
Patterns of injury or tension held in the tissues
Memories of past events arising in conjunction with release of the tissues
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Torticollis
A twist of the neck also known as wry neck
Infant torticollis -occurs in babies often associated with birth
Acute torticollis - acute spasm of the neck at any age, usually after sleeping awkwardly
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Traction
Stretching
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Transmutation
A change of state, solid to fluid, tight to loose etc
Change of quality
Release within the craniosacral process
Release of restrictions within the matrix
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Transverse
Passing horizontally across the body-the transverse sinuses
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Transverse section
A view of the body as it sliced horizontally through the body
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Vault hold
Any contact to hold on the cranium
Containing the cranial vault
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Vector
A line of force passing through or within a body
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Venous
Relating to deoxygenated blood
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Venous sinuses
System of sinuses within the cranium where deoxygenated blood collects to return to the heart
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Ventous
A vacuum machine for assisting in delivering a baby
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Ventral
Anterior -at the front, on or towards the front of the body
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Ventricles
Cavities deep within the brain and spinal cord filled with cerebrospinal fluid
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Ventricular system
System of cavities and canals deep within the brain and spinal cord were cerebrospinal fluid is formed and contained
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Viscera
Organs of the body, heart, lungs, digestive organs
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Viscus
Singular of viscera
