CHIROPRACTIC ASSISTANT CERTIFICATION
2026 FINAL PAPER COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS FULL SOLUTION
◉ 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 part of the skull; on top of C1
◉ temporal.
Answer: behind the ears on either side
◉ TMJ.
Answer: temporomandibular joint
◉ Ilium.
Answer: largest bones in pelvis
◉ Sacrum.
Answer: upside down triangle between ilium
◉ Lumbar spine.
Answer: 5 movable vertabrae
2026 FINAL PAPER COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS FULL SOLUTION
◉ 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 part of the skull; on top of C1
◉ temporal.
Answer: behind the ears on either side
◉ TMJ.
Answer: temporomandibular joint
◉ Ilium.
Answer: largest bones in pelvis
◉ Sacrum.
Answer: upside down triangle between ilium
◉ Lumbar spine.
Answer: 5 movable vertabrae
