CCPA Licensure Program State Licensing Exam Vocabulary Flashcards

Vocabulary practice flashcards generated from the CCPA Licensure Program State Licensing Exam Study Guide.

Activities of daily living

The self care functions that an individual must perform every day.

Active Range of Motion

ROM in the spine the patient can actively perform under his/her own power.

Adverse effect

A negative or harmful effect.

Cervicalgia

Cervical Pain.

Chronic

A long standing injury persisting over a long period of time.

Contraindication

A factor that makes use of a treatment inadvisable.

Contusion

Discoloration of the skin seen after trauma caused by a rupture of a capillary bed.

Impingement

The compression of a structure by another structure.

Objective

A finding that is observed by the examiner + not dependent on patient report.

Prognosis

The probable outcome or course of a disease; the chance of recovery.

Prone

Lying on stomach.

ABN Form

A form required by Medicare that informs the patient of what may or may not be covered.

Daniel David Palmer (D.D. Palmer)

The founder of chiropractic who founded the practice in 1895.

William Ambrose Seeley

The first chiropractic graduate.

Bartlett Joshua Palmer (BJ Palmer)

The son of D.D. Palmer who developed the science of chiropractic.

Minora Paxson

The first woman to become a chiropractor.

Harvey Lillard

The 1st chiropractic patient who was deaf and had his hearing restored by chiropractic.

Chiropractic Subluxation

Misalignment of the vertebra causing pressure on a nerve.

Homeostasis

A tendency to uniformity or stability in the normal body states of the organism, referred to as innate intelligence.

Vivification

To animate or bring to life.

Ethics

Moral rights and wrongs.

Chiropractic Philosophy

Based on the principle that the body is a self-regulating, self-healing organism.

Respondent Superior

Supervising Chiropractor.

Communication

The transactional process of creating shared meaning.

Vitamins

Organic substances derived from plants and animals.

Exercise

Increasing your heart rate, thus forcing the body to work harder.

Nutrition

The process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for health and growth.

Motor Nerves

Nerves that send messages from the brain to parts of the body.

Sensory Nerves

Nerves that send messages from the body to the brain.

Anatomy

The branch of science that deals w/ the structure of body parts, their forms + arrangements.

Physiology

The branch of science that deals with functions of the body.

Axial Skeleton

The bony and cartilaginous parts that support and protect the organs of the head, neck and trunk.

Appendicular Skeleton

Includes scapula, clavicle, upper limbs, pelvic girdle, and lower limbs.

Aorta

Carries blood from the left side of the heart to the arteries of all limbs and organs except the lungs.

Tachycardia

A rapid pulse.

Bradycardia

A pulse lower than normal.

Tachypnea

High respiratory rate.

Bradypnea

Abnormally low respiratory rate.

Scoliosis

A condition characterized by an abnormal lateral (side to side) curvature of the spine.

Dysuria

Painful or difficult urination.

Enuresis

Uncontrolled urination.

Hematuria

Blood in the urine.

Central Nervous System (CNS)

Comprised of the Brain and the spinal cord.

Distal

Away from trunk.

Proximal

Close to trunk.

Lateral

Farther from the midline.

Medial

Nearer to midline.

BENIGN

Not cancerous.

SPONDYL

Vertebrae.