Chiropractic Assistant Study Exam
Questions and Answers
abduct - -to move away from, or outwardly
- Acetabulum - -hip socket
- acoustic - -pertaining to hearing
- Acromion - -Outward extension of the shoulder blade forming the point of
the shoulder.
- Acute dose - -An amount of a chemical administered over a short period of
time.
- Adduction - -Movement toward the midline of the body
- adjustment - -manual treatment procedure performed by chiropractors
- Alternating Current (AC) - -A flow of electric charge that regularly reverses
its direction.
- Angstrom unit - -Unit used to measure the wavelength of light, and other
electromagnetic radiation.
- Anode - -Positive electrode
- Anterior - -front of the body
- anterior superior iliac spine (ASIS) - -normal eminence at the front of the
pelvic bone is is an anatomical landmark useful in patient positioning
- AP - -anteroposterior
- aperture - -an opening
- apex - -(n.) the highest point, tip
- Arteriography (Angiography) - -radiographic exam and study of arteries by
injection of radiopaque solution
- arthiritis - -inflammation of the joints
- arthrodesis - -surgical fixation of a joint
, - athrosis - -wear and tear (degenerative) change in a joint
- artifact - -markings on a finished radiograph which are foreign to the
image
- ASIS - -anterior superior iliac spine
- Aspect - -that part of a surface looking in any designated direction
- Atlas (C1) - -first cervical vertebra
- Atom - -smallest quantity of an element that can exist and still retain the
properties of that element
- Atom, Ionized - -atom or molecule that has gained or lost one or more
electron
- atrophy - -to waste away
- Attenuation of X-Rays - -process by which xray beam is reduced in
intensity when passing through some material. Combination of absorption
and scattering processes.
- Atypical - -not typical
- auditory meatus - -ear canal
- Axial - -imaginary line passing through center of body; also the line about
which a rotating body turns
- Axis - -Line about which a revolving body turns or about which a structure
shows symmetry; second cervical vertebra
- Back scatter - -xrays reflected when the primary beam, after penetrating
the object, strikes a surface beneath the object.
- barium fluorohalide - -specialized phosphor inside an imaging plate of a
CR system
- beam, primary - -those xrays which pass through the aperture, cone or
other collimator
- beam, xray - -approx unidirectional flow of xray. Center of the beam is
known as the central ray
Questions and Answers
abduct - -to move away from, or outwardly
- Acetabulum - -hip socket
- acoustic - -pertaining to hearing
- Acromion - -Outward extension of the shoulder blade forming the point of
the shoulder.
- Acute dose - -An amount of a chemical administered over a short period of
time.
- Adduction - -Movement toward the midline of the body
- adjustment - -manual treatment procedure performed by chiropractors
- Alternating Current (AC) - -A flow of electric charge that regularly reverses
its direction.
- Angstrom unit - -Unit used to measure the wavelength of light, and other
electromagnetic radiation.
- Anode - -Positive electrode
- Anterior - -front of the body
- anterior superior iliac spine (ASIS) - -normal eminence at the front of the
pelvic bone is is an anatomical landmark useful in patient positioning
- AP - -anteroposterior
- aperture - -an opening
- apex - -(n.) the highest point, tip
- Arteriography (Angiography) - -radiographic exam and study of arteries by
injection of radiopaque solution
- arthiritis - -inflammation of the joints
- arthrodesis - -surgical fixation of a joint
, - athrosis - -wear and tear (degenerative) change in a joint
- artifact - -markings on a finished radiograph which are foreign to the
image
- ASIS - -anterior superior iliac spine
- Aspect - -that part of a surface looking in any designated direction
- Atlas (C1) - -first cervical vertebra
- Atom - -smallest quantity of an element that can exist and still retain the
properties of that element
- Atom, Ionized - -atom or molecule that has gained or lost one or more
electron
- atrophy - -to waste away
- Attenuation of X-Rays - -process by which xray beam is reduced in
intensity when passing through some material. Combination of absorption
and scattering processes.
- Atypical - -not typical
- auditory meatus - -ear canal
- Axial - -imaginary line passing through center of body; also the line about
which a rotating body turns
- Axis - -Line about which a revolving body turns or about which a structure
shows symmetry; second cervical vertebra
- Back scatter - -xrays reflected when the primary beam, after penetrating
the object, strikes a surface beneath the object.
- barium fluorohalide - -specialized phosphor inside an imaging plate of a
CR system
- beam, primary - -those xrays which pass through the aperture, cone or
other collimator
- beam, xray - -approx unidirectional flow of xray. Center of the beam is
known as the central ray
