CHIROPRACTIC ASSISTANT CERTIFICATION, NORTH CAROLINA ACTUAL 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS

CHIROPRACTIC ASSISTANT CERTIFICATION, NORTH CAROLINA ACTUAL 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS PHI - Answer -Protected Health Information Anatomy - Answer -The study of body structure (parts) Physiology - Answer -The study of body function Subluxation - Answer -spinal misalignment Chiropractic adjustment - Answer -restoration of spinal function using the hands or other instrument. Osteoblasts - Answer -bone forming cells Osteoclasts - Answer -Bone-destroying cells Cartilage - Answer -slippery covering over surfaces that move against other surfaces to reduce friction. Cervical Spine - Answer -7 movable vertebrae Thoracic Spine - Answer -12 movable vertebraeSpinous process - Answer -most posterior part of the spine Vertebral body - Answer -most anterior part of the spine Intervertebral disc - Answer -cusions between vertebral bodies that helps absorb shock and provides flexibility intervertebral foramen - Answer -opening located between adjacent vertebrae for exit of a spinal nerve transverse process - Answer -"wings" that come off the sides of the spine; points of attachment for muscle and ribs Facet joints - Answer -2 faces of spinous process and vertebral body Scoliosis - Answer -abnormal lateral curvature of the spine C1 (Atlas) - Answer -top most vertebrae that holds skull; has no spinous process; "ring of bone" C2 (Axis) - Answer -has a piece that comes up and fits into the ring of C1; allows the head to rotate side to side. Occiput - Answer -back par