Chapter 20: Chiropractors

Question 1

Alignment

Answer 1

The proper form of a body part, such as a spine.

Question 2

Chiropractor

Answer 2

Primary care professionals who focus on patients’ overall health and work to relieve pain, increase mobility, and improve performance. They are sometimes referred to as Doctors of Chiropractic or chiropractic physicians.

Question 3

Group practice

Answer 3

Physicians who often work as part of a team, coordinating care for a population of patients, providing backup coverage, and allowing for more time off.

Question 4

Manipulation

Answer 4

A chiropractic technique used to adjust a patient’s spine or other parts of the patient’s body so that the spine or other body part is in proper form.

Question 5

Musculoskeletal system

Answer 5

The body’s bones, muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, cartilage, and other connective tissue which provide form, stability, and movement to the human body.

Question 6

Nervous system

Answer 6

A complex network of nerves and cells that carry messages to and from the brain and spinal cord to various parts of the body.