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The American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) is a non-profit organization that supports the United States' colleges of osteopathic medicine and serves as a unifying voice for osteopathic medical education. Governed by its Board of Deans and led by President Stephen C. ...
The intracranial and spinal dural membrane including the falx cerebri, falx cerebelli, tentorium and spinal dura.
Industry:Alternative therapy
The limit of motion imposed by anatomic structure; the limit of passive motion.
Industry:Alternative therapy
The limit to motion; in defining barriers, the palpatory end-feel characteristics are useful.
Industry:Alternative therapy
The most bulky and solid parts of the atlas that support the weight of the head.
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The neuromusculoskeletal system. A term used to denote that body parts act together to transmit and modify force and motion through which man acts out his life. This integration is achieved via the central nervous system acting in response to continued sensory input from the internal and external environment.
Industry:Alternative therapy
The nutrition and maintenance of tissues as regulated by direct innervation.
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The osteopathic musculoskeletal evaluation provides information regarding the health of the patient. Utilizing the concepts of body unity, self-regulation and structure-function interrelationships, the osteopathic physician uses data from the musculoskeletal evaluation to assess the patient’s status and develop a treatment plan.
Industry:Alternative therapy
The part of the osteopathic musculoskeletal examination that focuses on the static and dynamic responses of the body to gravity while in the erect position.
Industry:Alternative therapy
