CTA test.docx

neuritis - correct answer inflammation of a nerve A strain affects the ______ - correct answer Muscular and/or tendinous structure lateral recumbent position - correct answer Patient lying on their side with one or both hips and elbows flexed. Where the patients diagnosis go on the SOAP notes? - correct answer The Assessment portion Anterior - correct answer front of the body What is one dutie the CTA does not do? - correct answer Prescribe new therapies Who is the sole person responsible for maintaining the CTA's licensure? - correct answer The CTA What does the CTA must have? - correct answer A caring attitude, and demeanor, people skills, effective time management, self motivation, and be a team player. How did the chiropractic philosophy began? - correct answer It began with the principle that a persons health was directly related to the body's nervous system. What are some symptoms a patient may feel after their first adjustment? - correct answer Immediate relief, gradual relief, and soreness or tenderness What can joint restrictions or misalignments cause? - correct answer A patient to feel pain, numbness, and/or loss of body function The state chiropractic board is responsible for..... - correct answer Investigating consumer complaints, overseeing general application of healthcare laws, reviewing doctor credentials, and applying disciplinary actions if laws are violated. What is one thing is not required in a patients medical record? - correct answer A photo of each treatment Where the CTA's notes on therapy and the doctor's notes usually go on the SOAP notes? - correct answer Plan portion What can the palpation exam reveal? - correct answer Hypertonicity, spasms, inflammation, edema and rigidity. What's important when taking the history on a patient? - correct answer The date when the symptoms started, any injuries or events that lead to the symptoms and any history of other treatments or tests What is one therapeutic role of the CTA? - correct answer To listen to the patient and be attentive What does subjective mean? - correct answer what the patient tells you What is an abduction - correct answer movement away from the midline What does SOAP mean? - correct answer subjective, objective, assessment, plan Chiropractic medicine is a healing art concerned with___________ - correct answer Vascular disorders, neurological disorders, and muscular disorders How many bones are in the vertebral column? - correct answer 26 What is the vertebral foramina/ foramen? - correct answer Is a vertebral structure that forms a canal for the spinal cord and nerves to pass through. What is the atlas? - correct answer first cervical vertebrae What is the most massive vertebrae that carries a large share of our body weight? - correct answer Lumbar vertebrae intervertebral discs are made up of what? - correct answer A fibrous cartilage with a soft inner core which allows shock absorption and flexibility between vertebral segments The cervical and lumbar spine have normal curves in them known as _____ - correct answer Lordotic What 3 bones form the pelvis? - correct answer ilium, ischium, pubis What is the strongest bone in the body? - correct answer femur Tendons connect ________ to ______. - correct answer muscle to bone The suboccipital muscles are located______ and control ______ - correct answer At the base of the skull and control head movement The peripheral nervous system carry impulses such as______ - correct answer Taste, smell, touch, and pain What artery is used most often to check blood pressure? - correct answer Brachial artery How a rupture disc occur? - correct answer When the annulus fibrosis is disrupted and the nucleus pulpous extrudes through the disrupted annulus fibrosis What is the spinous process? - correct answer Bones of the vertebrae that stick out How many vertebrae's the cervical spine has? - correct answer 7 What does anatomy mean? - correct answer The study of body structure What are the 3 types of joints? - correct answer ball and socket, hinge, pivot Where does the spinal cord end? - correct answer L1-L2 sympathetic nervous system is responsible for your_______ or ______ syndrome - correct answer Flight or fight How many vertebrae the thoracic spine have? - correct answer 12 How many vertebraes the lumbar spine have? - correct answer 5 Spinal discs have a central, jelly-like substance called ______ - correct answer The nucleus pulposus / pulpous The large joints between the sacrum and the ilium of the pelvis are known as the ___ - correct answer Sacroiliac joints Clavicle is the clinical term for the ____ - correct answer Collarbone