Chiropractic Assistant Certification,
North Carolina Exam Q’s and A’s
PHI - -Protected Health Information
- Anatomy - -The study of body structure (parts)
- Physiology - -The study of body function
- Subluxation - -spinal misalignment
- Chiropractic adjustment - -restoration of spinal function using the hands or
other instrument.
- Osteoblasts - -bone forming cells
- Osteoclasts - -Bone-destroying cells
- Cartilage - -slippery covering over surfaces that move against other
surfaces to reduce friction.
- Cervical Spine - -7 movable vertebrae
- Thoracic Spine - -12 movable vertebrae
- Spinous process - -most posterior part of the spine
- Vertebral body - -most anterior part of the spine
- Intervertebral disc - -cusions between vertebral bodies that helps absorb
shock and provides flexibility
- intervertebral foramen - -opening located between adjacent vertebrae for
exit of a spinal nerve
- transverse process - -"wings" that come off the sides of the spine; points
of attachment for muscle and ribs
- Facet joints - -2 faces of spinous process and vertebral body
- Scoliosis - -abnormal lateral curvature of the spine
- C1 (Atlas) - -top most vertebrae that holds skull; has no spinous process;
"ring of bone"
, - C2 (Axis) - -has a piece that comes up and fits into the ring of C1; allows
the head to rotate side to side.
- Occiput - -back part of the skull; on top of C1
- temporal - -behind the ears on either side
- TMJ - -temporomandibular joint
- Ilium - -largest bones in pelvis
- Sacrum - -upside down triangle between ilium
- Lumbar spine - -5 movable vertabrae
- coccyx - -tailbone; attached to the bottom of the sacrum
- symphysis pubis - -pubic bone; front of pelvis
- sacro-iliac joint - -posterior pelvis joint
- scapula - -flat bone on the back of rib-cage; helps form the shoulder
- acromion process - -works with the scapula to for the socket that the
upper arm fits in to.
- humerous - -upper arm bone
- Clavicle - -long s-shaped bone that goes from the sternum to the shoulder;
prevents shoulder from rolling forward
- ulna - -runs from point of elbow to pinky
- radius - -allows arm to rotate because it has a circular hear
- carpals - -8 pea sized bone in hand
- Metacarpals - -5 bones of the hand
- Phalanges - -finger bones and toe bones
- femur - -thigh bone; largest bone in the body
- patella - -The knee cap
North Carolina Exam Q’s and A’s
PHI - -Protected Health Information
- Anatomy - -The study of body structure (parts)
- Physiology - -The study of body function
- Subluxation - -spinal misalignment
- Chiropractic adjustment - -restoration of spinal function using the hands or
other instrument.
- Osteoblasts - -bone forming cells
- Osteoclasts - -Bone-destroying cells
- Cartilage - -slippery covering over surfaces that move against other
surfaces to reduce friction.
- Cervical Spine - -7 movable vertebrae
- Thoracic Spine - -12 movable vertebrae
- Spinous process - -most posterior part of the spine
- Vertebral body - -most anterior part of the spine
- Intervertebral disc - -cusions between vertebral bodies that helps absorb
shock and provides flexibility
- intervertebral foramen - -opening located between adjacent vertebrae for
exit of a spinal nerve
- transverse process - -"wings" that come off the sides of the spine; points
of attachment for muscle and ribs
- Facet joints - -2 faces of spinous process and vertebral body
- Scoliosis - -abnormal lateral curvature of the spine
- C1 (Atlas) - -top most vertebrae that holds skull; has no spinous process;
"ring of bone"
, - C2 (Axis) - -has a piece that comes up and fits into the ring of C1; allows
the head to rotate side to side.
- Occiput - -back part of the skull; on top of C1
- temporal - -behind the ears on either side
- TMJ - -temporomandibular joint
- Ilium - -largest bones in pelvis
- Sacrum - -upside down triangle between ilium
- Lumbar spine - -5 movable vertabrae
- coccyx - -tailbone; attached to the bottom of the sacrum
- symphysis pubis - -pubic bone; front of pelvis
- sacro-iliac joint - -posterior pelvis joint
- scapula - -flat bone on the back of rib-cage; helps form the shoulder
- acromion process - -works with the scapula to for the socket that the
upper arm fits in to.
- humerous - -upper arm bone
- Clavicle - -long s-shaped bone that goes from the sternum to the shoulder;
prevents shoulder from rolling forward
- ulna - -runs from point of elbow to pinky
- radius - -allows arm to rotate because it has a circular hear
- carpals - -8 pea sized bone in hand
- Metacarpals - -5 bones of the hand
- Phalanges - -finger bones and toe bones
- femur - -thigh bone; largest bone in the body
- patella - -The knee cap
