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1
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What are the unpaired cranial base bones?

A

Sphenoid

Occiput

2
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What are the unpaired facial bones?

A

Ethmoid

Mandible

Vomer

Frontal?? Depends on whether or not you believe in the power of craniosteopathy

3
Q

What should you inspect for the Cranial/Head TART screen?

A

Face - Forehead, supranasal vertical folds, orbits, nose/nasolabial crease, mouth

Top of head

Sides of head

Back of head

Is it asymmetrical, tightness on one side? Tender on one side?

4
Q

What sutures/landmarks are you palpating in the Cranial/Head TART screen?

A

Occipitomastoid

Asterion

Lambdoidal

Lambda

Saggital

Bregma

Coronal

Pterion

Parietosquamous

5
Q

What muscles are you palpating for cranial TART?

A

Suboccipitals

Occipitalis

Temporalis

Masseters

Frontalis

6
Q

What kind of lymphadenopathy are you looking for in cranial TART?

A

Suboccipital

A&P chains

Supraclavicular

Submental

7
Q

What is the RRADS of Cranial Rhythmic Impuse (CRI)?

A

Rate - 10-12 is normal

Rhythm - steady/irregular

Amplitude - Small vs large motion

Direction - Equal throughout or asymmetrical

Strength - force of motion

8
Q

What is the normal rate for Cranial Rhythmic Impulse?

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10-12

9
Q

Vault Contact

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10
Q

Frontal Occipital Contact

A
11
Q

Becker Contact

A

Becker contact is comfortable, like holding a Baby

12
Q

How to test for SBS compression using vault hold?

A
13
Q

How to test for SBS Compresssion with frontoccipital hold?

A
14
Q

How to test for SBS compression using Becker hold?

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15
Q

Steps in Cranial Balanced Membranous Tension

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16
Q

What is the still point?

A

The point in Balanced Membranous Tension when CRI is no longer palpable in neutral position

Gone when CRI returns

Like the eye of the hurricane

17
Q

How to palpate sacral motion?

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