Laws

Question 1

What is Sherrington’s Law?

Answer 1

1) Every posterior spinal nerve root supplies a specific region of skin through fibers from adjacent segments
2) When nerve receives an impulse to contract (agonist) then the antagonist relaxes

Question 2

What is Wolff’s Law?

Answer 2

Bones tend to deform along lines of force placed upon them, this is also true of soft tissues and of organs

Question 3

What is Head’s Law?

Hint: the head of a penis is very sensitive

Answer 3

When a painful stimulus is applied to a body part of low sensitivity that is in central connection with a point of higher sensitivity, the pain is felt at the point of higher sensitivity rather than at the point where the stimulus is applied

Question 4

What is Hilton’s Law?

Hint: Paris Hilton is very superficial

Answer 4

Any nerve stimulating a muscle producing a movement at a joint, also innervates the joint and skin over it

Question 5

What is Hooke’s Law?

Hint: it has close relation to Wolff’s Law

Answer 5

Any strain (deformation) placed upon an elastic body is in direct proportion to the stress (force) placed upon it

Question 6

What is the Law of Fasciliation?

Answer 6

The maintenance of a pool of neurons in a state of sub-threshold excitation, in this state, less afferent stimulation is required to trigger the discharge of impulses

Question 7

What is Lovett’s Law?

Answer 7

An observed association between the superior and inferior vertebrae, which are paired two by two. The cervical and superior thoracic biomechanics act in a synchronous manner with the lumbar and inferior thoracic biomechanics.
(For example: if C1 is in a right posterior positional lesion, L5 also moves into a right posterior position. In this case, L5 is the “Lovett partner” of C1. The treatment of L5 helps to stabilize C1 and the skull by changing the lines of gravity.