Chiropractic Assistant Certification,
North Carolina
PHI - AnswerProtected Health Information
Anatomy - AnswerThe study of body structure (parts)
Physiology - AnswerThe study of body function
Subluxation - Answerspinal misalignment
Chiropractic adjustment - Answerrestoration of spinal function using the hands or
other instrument.
Osteoblasts - Answerbone forming cells
Osteoclasts - AnswerBone-destroying cells
Cartilage - Answerslippery covering over surfaces that move against other surfaces to
reduce friction.
Cervical Spine - Answer7 movable vertebrae
Thoracic Spine - Answer12 movable vertebrae
Spinous process - Answermost posterior part of the spine
Vertebral body - Answermost anterior part of the spine
Intervertebral disc - Answercusions between vertebral bodies that helps absorb shock
and provides flexibility
intervertebral foramen - Answeropening 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 - Answer2 faces of spinous process and vertebral body
Scoliosis - Answerabnormal lateral curvature of the spine
, C1 (Atlas) - Answertop most vertebrae that holds skull; has no spinous process; "ring
of bone"
C2 (Axis) - Answerhas a piece that comes up and fits into the ring of C1; allows the
head to rotate side to side.
Occiput - Answerback part of the skull; on top of C1
temporal - Answerbehind the ears on either side
TMJ - Answertemporomandibular joint
Ilium - Answerlargest bones in pelvis
Sacrum - Answerupside down triangle between ilium
Lumbar spine - Answer5 movable vertabrae
coccyx - Answertailbone; attached to the bottom of the sacrum
symphysis pubis - Answerpubic bone; front of pelvis
sacro-iliac joint - Answerposterior pelvis joint
scapula - Answerflat bone on the back of rib-cage; helps form the shoulder
acromion process - Answerworks with the scapula to for the socket that the upper arm
fits in to.
humerous - Answerupper arm bone
Clavicle - Answerlong s-shaped bone that goes from the sternum to the shoulder;
prevents shoulder from rolling forward
ulna - Answerruns from point of elbow to pinky
radius - Answerallows arm to rotate because it has a circular hear
carpals - Answer8 pea sized bone in hand
Metacarpals - Answer5 bones of the hand
Phalanges - Answerfinger bones and toe bones
North Carolina
PHI - AnswerProtected Health Information
Anatomy - AnswerThe study of body structure (parts)
Physiology - AnswerThe study of body function
Subluxation - Answerspinal misalignment
Chiropractic adjustment - Answerrestoration of spinal function using the hands or
other instrument.
Osteoblasts - Answerbone forming cells
Osteoclasts - AnswerBone-destroying cells
Cartilage - Answerslippery covering over surfaces that move against other surfaces to
reduce friction.
Cervical Spine - Answer7 movable vertebrae
Thoracic Spine - Answer12 movable vertebrae
Spinous process - Answermost posterior part of the spine
Vertebral body - Answermost anterior part of the spine
Intervertebral disc - Answercusions between vertebral bodies that helps absorb shock
and provides flexibility
intervertebral foramen - Answeropening 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 - Answer2 faces of spinous process and vertebral body
Scoliosis - Answerabnormal lateral curvature of the spine
, C1 (Atlas) - Answertop most vertebrae that holds skull; has no spinous process; "ring
of bone"
C2 (Axis) - Answerhas a piece that comes up and fits into the ring of C1; allows the
head to rotate side to side.
Occiput - Answerback part of the skull; on top of C1
temporal - Answerbehind the ears on either side
TMJ - Answertemporomandibular joint
Ilium - Answerlargest bones in pelvis
Sacrum - Answerupside down triangle between ilium
Lumbar spine - Answer5 movable vertabrae
coccyx - Answertailbone; attached to the bottom of the sacrum
symphysis pubis - Answerpubic bone; front of pelvis
sacro-iliac joint - Answerposterior pelvis joint
scapula - Answerflat bone on the back of rib-cage; helps form the shoulder
acromion process - Answerworks with the scapula to for the socket that the upper arm
fits in to.
humerous - Answerupper arm bone
Clavicle - Answerlong s-shaped bone that goes from the sternum to the shoulder;
prevents shoulder from rolling forward
ulna - Answerruns from point of elbow to pinky
radius - Answerallows arm to rotate because it has a circular hear
carpals - Answer8 pea sized bone in hand
Metacarpals - Answer5 bones of the hand
Phalanges - Answerfinger bones and toe bones
